{"id":789,"date":"2025-10-08T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=789"},"modified":"2025-10-08T20:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:22:41","slug":"lop-sharma-challenges-cm-over-bjp-option-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/lop-sharma-challenges-cm-over-bjp-option-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"LoP Sharma challenges CM over BJP option claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

KNO Special Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Oct 08: Leader of the Opposition (LOP) Sunil Sharma on Wednesday challenged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to name any BJP leader who \u2018offered\u2019 to form a government with the National Conference, if there is any truth to his claims that he had the option of forming a government with the party.<\/p>\n

Addressing a news conference, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Sharma demanded that the Chief Minister identify the BJP leader who made such an offer, if there is even an iota of truth in his claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cOmar Abdullah is claiming everywhere that he had two options in 2024: either to form a government or to run it alone. I don\u2019t know in which dream the BJP offered an alliance to his party. I say this with full responsibility-if any BJP leader made such an offer, he should prove it and reveal it. He is resorting to concocted stories, claiming he had the option to form a government. The BJP\u2019s doors were shut to him then, and they remain shut now,\u201d Sharma said.<\/p>\n

He added that Omar Abdullah should either prove the BJP offered him an alliance or apologise for making misleading statements.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn one hand, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is creating hatred against the BJP in Kashmir, while on the other, he is meeting our leaders and offering bouquets and shawls to them in Delhi,\u201d Sharma said, adding that Abdullah\u2019s statements reek of political indecency.<\/p>\n

Referring to Omar Abdullah\u2019s recent statement, Sharma said it is not in his nature to push others aside to advance his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI come from a poor family-a very poor family. I began my political career as a booth-level worker. I have lost elections and I have won elections. But I have never trampled anyone in my life to advance my career. I have been entrusted with this responsibility because of my commitment. I have never shoved anyone aside, nor am I in a race to compete with others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He accused Omar Abdullah\u2019s family of having a tradition of sidelining others for personal advancement.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were born into Farooq Abdullah\u2019s family and went to Mumbai to study at the Chief Minister\u2019s residence there. You returned and shoved aside a long list of leaders who had dedicated their lives to the National Conference. They were pushed aside, and you were crowned. This is how you trample others to build your career. You didn\u2019t work hard, nor did you struggle. The only criterion was that you were the prince of the Abdullah family and the son of Farooq Abdullah,\u201d Sharma said.<\/p>\n

He questioned whether Omar Abdullah\u2019s demand for statehood was intended to harm innocent Kashmiri civilians.<\/p>\n

He accused Abdullah of harming civilians during his tenure as Chief Minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to remind Kashmiris that if we turn back the pages of history, we will find many fabricated stories told in the name of terrorism. Many people would narrate how they were innocent and killed during Omar Abdullah\u2019s tenure under the guise of counter-terrorism. Do you want statehood to kill innocent Kashmiris? You didn\u2019t eliminate terrorists-you targeted civilians, enforced shutdowns, and closed schools,\u201d Sharma said.<\/p>\n

He said that Omar Abdullah harmed civilians and failed to protect people during his rule as Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

\u201cWasn\u2019t statehood with National Conference governments between 2008 to 2014 and 1996 to 2008? Wasn\u2019t it with your governments that were in power till 1989 and 1982?\u201d Sharma asked.<\/p>\n

He further said that Kashmiris do not want a statehood where political rivals of the National Conference are booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA), and parents live in fear for the safety of their school-going children.<\/p>\n

Coming down heavily on the National Conference, Sharma accused the party of introducing the PSA and pellet guns.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were the ones who introduced pellet guns; you were the ones who imposed the PSA. If we compare the figures, the highest number of innocent civilians were killed during your tenure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sharma praised the Government of India for eliminating terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir without harming civilians.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody can raise a finger at the Ministry of Home Affairs for harming civilians. The biggest achievement of the MHA is that not a single local youth joined terrorism. It shows that the youth of Kashmir have accepted the policies of the Government of India and want to voice their concerns within a democratic setup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He accused Omar Abdullah of misleading and hoodwinking the public in the name of statehood to cover up governance failures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you listen to Omar Abdullah\u2019s speeches-whether on August 15, at public functions, or in institutions-he consistently tries to hoodwink the people of Jammu and Kashmir by claiming they lack power,\u201d Sharma added.<\/p>\n

Countering Omar Abdullah\u2019s claims, Sharma said the Lieutenant Governor had approved 97 decisions of the Council of Ministers over the past year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTell me, which file has not been approved by the LG? Which pro-people decisions have been held back? Is it about 200 units of free electricity, 12 LPG cylinders, 10 kilograms of ration, or one lakh jobs?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Sharma further accused Abdullah of misleading the public regarding the appointment of the Advocate General and the Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR).<\/p>\n

\u201cI have come to know that the file is pending with the CM\u2019s office,\u201d he said, adding that the Chief Minister is sitting on files related to the appointment of the Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education and the promotion of engineers. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KNO Special Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 08: Leader of the Opposition (LOP) Sunil Sharma on Wednesday challenged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to name any BJP leader who \u2018offered\u2019 to form a government with the National Conference, if there is any truth to his claims that he had the option of forming a government with the party. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}