Srinagar, July 03, 2023 (PPI-OT): Regional political parties including Peoples Democratic Party and Communist Party of India-Marxist have said the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to cover its failures on the governance front by “engineering splits” on ethnic, sectarian and political lines in regional political parties. Reacting to the induction of Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Power members in the Maharashtra Council of Ministers, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said, the ruling party was on an “MLA-purchasing spree”.
“No words are enough to condemn the manner in which BJP has repeatedly undermined the popular mandate in Maharashtra. Not only is democracy being butchered but also they are using the national anthem to provide cover for such disgraceful actions,” Mehbooba said. Bn a tweet. “On one hand, the BJP is arresting political opponents on trumped up corruption charges while they themselves are on an MLA-purchasing spree. Hard-earned public money is being misused to quench BJP’s thirst for power,” she added. She said whenever the BJP has failed, it has targeted regional parties including its former allies.
CPI-M leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said, the BJP will continue to organise defections in the ranks of the opposition parties. Nothing new! They cannot otherwise survive the challenges of 2024. “I believe that this will be one more lesson for the people and the opposition to close their ranks and to go to the people, to mobilise the people,” Tarigami said.
Tarigami said the “engineering of splits” in the opposition by the BJP will not impact the opposition unity. “You see the BJP has not delivered on the ground. What they had promised after 2014, they have not delivered whether it is unemployment, rising inflation, distress as far as business is concerned. “The real challenge is 2024. This is a desperate attempt by the BJP, this does express the state of mind of the BJP leadership which seems to be not sure of its support base, which is vacillating,” he added.
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