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With eyes on Lok Sabha, BJP says it'll sit in J&K opposition
New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI) Even after reaping a good
electoral harvest crossing the double-digit mark for the first
time in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, Bhartiya Janata Party
(BJP) said it would sit in the opposition to consolidate the
"nationalist forces" ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha
elections.
The saffron party has even ruled out exploring
possibilities of supporting any of the political parties
trying to form a government in the state.
"We, in the BJP, have reason to be happy about the
outcome in Jammu and Kashmir. We have done exceedingly well in
Jammu and got the highest number of seats than in the past. We
will play the role of a nationalist opposition in assembly,"
BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley told PTI.
BJP leaders said the polarisation of votes between
Kashmir valley and Jammu region has helped it increase its
tally from one in the last assembly elections to 10 this time.
The party will capitalise on its achievement and
consolidate nationalist forces for the Lok Sabha elections
slated for next year, they said.
"This support of the people in the state will prove to
be a milestone in the coming Lok Sabha elections," BJP
vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters.
The party maintained a safe distance from Congress, PDP
and National Conference terming the three as being "soft on
terror and of sympathising with the separatists".
Earlier, Naqvi had ruled out an alliance with these
parties saying, "All three of them are directly or indirectly
supporting separatists and terrorists."
BJP said it will keep alive the issue of "discrimination"
by the Kashmir Valley against people of other regions in Jammu
and Kashmir. "We will fight against discrimination of any
region of the state, especially Leh, Ladakh and Jammu," Arun
Jaitley told PTI.
During the Amarnath shrine land allotment agitation in
September this year, BJP had said it will take up as poll
plank the "step-brotherly treatment" given to the Jammu region
by Kashmir allegedly due to its more share of the development
funds by virtue of having more assembly seats. Kashmir Valley
has 46 assembly seats while Jammu has 37.
The ploy seems to have worked with BJP increasing its
seat tally from one in the last assembly to 11 in this year's
polls. All seats have come from the Jammu region.
Economic development and good governance, two of BJP's
ever favourite poll planks, were on its radar here too.
BJP sees the impressive above 60 per cent turnout of
voters in the state as a good sign and something which has
worked in its favour.
"We are happy that the people of Jammu and Kashmir came
out in large numbers to vote and the separatist call of
boycott was rejected by them," Jaitley said.
On PDP's win of only 20 seats, the BJP said the party's
standing has come down because of the "public anger at PDP for
supporting the separatists during the Amarnath agitation". PTI
electoral harvest crossing the double-digit mark for the first
time in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, Bhartiya Janata Party
(BJP) said it would sit in the opposition to consolidate the
"nationalist forces" ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha
elections.
The saffron party has even ruled out exploring
possibilities of supporting any of the political parties
trying to form a government in the state.
"We, in the BJP, have reason to be happy about the
outcome in Jammu and Kashmir. We have done exceedingly well in
Jammu and got the highest number of seats than in the past. We
will play the role of a nationalist opposition in assembly,"
BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley told PTI.
BJP leaders said the polarisation of votes between
Kashmir valley and Jammu region has helped it increase its
tally from one in the last assembly elections to 10 this time.
The party will capitalise on its achievement and
consolidate nationalist forces for the Lok Sabha elections
slated for next year, they said.
"This support of the people in the state will prove to
be a milestone in the coming Lok Sabha elections," BJP
vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters.
The party maintained a safe distance from Congress, PDP
and National Conference terming the three as being "soft on
terror and of sympathising with the separatists".
Earlier, Naqvi had ruled out an alliance with these
parties saying, "All three of them are directly or indirectly
supporting separatists and terrorists."
BJP said it will keep alive the issue of "discrimination"
by the Kashmir Valley against people of other regions in Jammu
and Kashmir. "We will fight against discrimination of any
region of the state, especially Leh, Ladakh and Jammu," Arun
Jaitley told PTI.
During the Amarnath shrine land allotment agitation in
September this year, BJP had said it will take up as poll
plank the "step-brotherly treatment" given to the Jammu region
by Kashmir allegedly due to its more share of the development
funds by virtue of having more assembly seats. Kashmir Valley
has 46 assembly seats while Jammu has 37.
The ploy seems to have worked with BJP increasing its
seat tally from one in the last assembly to 11 in this year's
polls. All seats have come from the Jammu region.
Economic development and good governance, two of BJP's
ever favourite poll planks, were on its radar here too.
BJP sees the impressive above 60 per cent turnout of
voters in the state as a good sign and something which has
worked in its favour.
"We are happy that the people of Jammu and Kashmir came
out in large numbers to vote and the separatist call of
boycott was rejected by them," Jaitley said.
On PDP's win of only 20 seats, the BJP said the party's
standing has come down because of the "public anger at PDP for
supporting the separatists during the Amarnath agitation". PTI
