BJP keeps up attack on NC-Congress as J&K readies to vote in phase 2

BJP sources suggested the campaigning is acceptable to intensify arsenic the enactment has fanned retired its apical leaders peculiarly keeping successful caput 24 of 40 seats successful the past signifier connected October 1.

The stakes are “very high” arsenic these 24 seats autumn successful the predominantly Hindu districts of Udhampur, Jammu, Samba and Kathua, they said.

Looking to signifier a authorities connected its own, the BJP is eyeing a boost successful Rajouri and Poonch districts having a important fig of Pahari votes, too the Chenab Valley portion arsenic good arsenic the predominantly Hindu plains.

Shah, astatine a rally successful Rajouri’s Nowshera, said it was “necessary” to ballot for the BJP successful J&K “to guarantee lasting bid and to thatch the neighbouring state a lesson”. Taking a jibe astatine Congress person Rahul Gandhi, helium said “your (Gandhi’s) alleged Mohabbat Ki Dukan (shop of love) is going to beryllium closed aft the counting of votes connected October 8’’.

Singh addressed rallies successful Poonch, Kotranka, Sunderbani and Jammu. Accusing the NC-Congress of misleading radical successful the sanction of Article 370 for votes, helium said the BJP volition not let its restoration “at immoderate cost”.

“I privation to archer these friends, whether NC, PDP oregon Congress, that lone the enactment having authorities astatine the Centre tin reconstruct it (Article 370),’’ helium said.

Nadda was astatine Barnai connected the outskirts of Jammu city. Calling the NC-Congress “non-nationalist forces’’, helium said, “Pakistan’s Defence Minister himself… certified’’ that the 2 parties were carrying retired the neighbouring country’s docket successful J&K.