BJP must apologise for alleging Pak hand in formation of PDP-NC-Cong alliance: Cong

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president G A Mir Thursday asked the BJP to either apologise or make public the evidence on its allegations that the PDP-Congress-NC alliance was formed at the behest of Pakistan.

"You (the BJP) are in the government, you have all the institutions, the CBI, the NIA, the IB, the Governor and the RAW. Prove (the allegations) before the country if you have any proof or else you have to apologise, Mir told reporters here.

The JKPCC president said the BJP was in the habit of making false allegations and labelling others, who do not support them, as anti-nationals.

This has become the BJP's habit that those who support it are nationalists and those who do not support its wrong principles and policies are dubbed as anti-nationals and pro-Pakistani. Who has given you this right? Mir asked.

The Congress leader also questioned the BJP's central leaders about their association with the separatist-turned-mainstream leader, Sajjad Gani Lone.

Mir said he wanted to ask the BJP when did the combination it was pursuing and the person (lone) whom it was projecting got de-linked from the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI.

"Have you taken a certificate for him?" he asked.

"When someone supports you and praises you, you think he is a nationalist, otherwise not. When you make such allegations against a mainstream party, which has members elected under the Constitution, the country will question you, Mir said.

The JKPCC president also questioned the BJP on its allegations that the NC-PDP-Congress combination did not represent the Jammu and Ladakh regions of the state, saying the ruling party surrendered before the Kashmir-centric parties for forming government in the state.

You talk about Jammu and Ladakh. If this combination (NC-PDP-Congress) would have been allowed, it had an equal composition from the two regions. Did you (BJP) propose a single candidate as a chief ministerial candidate when you got majority in Jammu region? Or, did you propose a chief ministerial candidate for any combination?