Srinagar, May 20: Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board chairperson and senior BJP leader Darakhshan Andrabi on Wednesday accused the National Conference (NC) of deceiving people despite receiving a “very big mandate” two years ago, while expressing confidence that statehood would be restored to the Union Territory “when the time comes.”
Speaking to the news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS), Dr. Andrabi alleged that the NC had made promises to secure votes but failed to deliver.
“They deceived people. Today, you are seeing that deception… everyone wants to hold the BJP’s hand today,” she said.
She claimed that many grassroots workers of the NC were now joining the BJP, attributing the shift to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision.
On statehood, Dr. Andrabi said, “What our Prime Minister and Home Minister have said about statehood in Parliament, God willing, it will happen — but when the time comes.”
She also attacked the NC, PDP and Congress, accusing them of trying to keep the people of Jammu and Kashmir “deprived of their rights.”
“These people themselves go to the Centre, but they are trying to keep the people here deprived. Today, everyone wants to walk with the BJP, to walk with progress and development,” she added. (KNS)
