BJP wants to replicate China-like rule in India: Farooq Abdullah
The Hindu
Farooq Abdullah claims BJP wants Russia- and China-like rule, INDIA bloc formed to safeguard Constitution.
The BJP wants to replicate Russia- and China-like rule in the country, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah claimed on April 2 and said the INDIA bloc has come forward to safeguard the Constitution, even at the cost of "our lives".
He also targeted the Centre over the issue of the Katchatheevu island, handed over to Sri Lanka in the 1970s, and asked why the BJP-led Centre is silent on the "continuous incursion" by China in Ladakh and its claims over land in Arunachal Pradesh.
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"The INDIA bloc has been formed to safeguard the Constitution because there is apprehension that the Constitution will be finished (by the BJP) … The same thing will happen here (in India) as (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and Chinese President (Xi Jinping) are sitting there. They (the BJP) are making attempts as they want to rule the country for life (without any Opposition)," Mr. Abdullah told reporters.
"INDIA will not allow this to happen and protect the Constitution given by (B.R.) Amdedkar, even at the cost of our lives. We will not allow this Constitution to get buried," he said.
The National Conference leader was in Jammu to accompany Raman Bhalla, the Congress candidate who filed his nomination from the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.
The constituency will go to the polls in the second phase on April 26.
Political economist Parakala Prabhakar has described the exit poll results as “fudged figures”, saying that those would benefit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) only. “False predictions were given with the sole objective of helping the NDA in rigging during the counting,” alleged Mr. Prabhakar, after releasing a book titled ‘Avineeti Chakravarthi Narendra Modi’ penned by former Minister Vadde Shobanadreeswara Rao, here, on June 2 (Sunday).