Ram Madhav challenges PDP, NC to fight elections together

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav withdrew his comments of Pakistan hand in the proposed alliance between the National Conference NC and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir He however in full sarcasm threw the ball in NC and PDPs camps suggesting that they should contest the next election togetherHe tweeted iquestJust landedAizawl n saw this Now that you deny any external pressure I take back my comment but now that u proved it was genuine love btw NC n PDP that prompted a failed govt formation attempt u should fight next elections 2getheriquest Madhav tweetedMadhavs took back his words following NC leader and former chief minister Omar Abdullahs open challenge to the BJP leader to prove the allegation Abdullah tweeted No misplaced attempts at humour woniquestt work You HAVE claimed my party has been acting at the behest of Pakistan I dare you to prove it Place the evidence of your allegation of NC boycott of ULB polls at Pak behest in public domain Itiquests an open challenge to you amp your GovtMadhav and Abdullah continued to take on each other through a series of tweets throughout the day In one of the tweets Madhav wrote iquestJust take it in your stride OmarAbdullah Not questioning your patriotism at all But d sudden love between NC n PDP nd hurry to form government leads to many suspicions n political comments Not to offend uiquestTo this Abdullah retorted I dare you rammadhavbjp ji to prove your allegation You have RAW NIA amp IB at your command CBI too is your parrot so have the guts to place evidence in the public domain Either prove this or be man enough to apologize Doniquestt practice shoot amp scoot politicsIn the midst of the political slugfest PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti too expressed her anguish at the baseless allegations She too took to her Tweeter handle and posted several tweets questioning the BJP leaders sensitivities She said Shocked to see baseless allegations against mainstream parties in JK following dictates from Pakistan levelled by rammadhavbjp jiIn another tweet she reacted Sad to see what the political discourse of our country has been reduced to How does one define a partys nationalistic credentials Nationalistic and patriotic only if you are with the Centre and Pakistan sponsored and anti nationalistic otherwiseHaving staked claim to form a government with the support of Congress and archrival National Conference NC Mehbooba threw her hat into the ring raising the debate of why PDP and NCs credibility was not questioned when they were in alliance with the BJP Both PDP and NC have been allies of BJP at some point Strange that our credentials werent questioned then But just because our MLAs had enough integrity to stand up to your failed attempts of defection they are now anti nationalistic India is a great country and democracy is a battle of ideas Lets not make a mockery of those very institutions and people she addedShe also explained the logic behind PDPs decision to form an alliance with the BJP emphasising that it was to change the pernicious mindset She tweeted Undoubtedly Pakistan has an impact on the situation in JampK But its upto our country to change that from negative to positive and tread the path that was taken by Vajpayee jiIn a spring of surprise on Wednesday rivals PDP NC along with Congress confirmed that they stitched up an alliance to form a government in the fragile state which has been under Governors Rule since June following BJP pulling the strings and ending its ruling with alliance partner PDPAs they went into a huddle to cobble up numbers Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the Assembly The move came hours after Mehbooba sent a letter to him staking claimIn the fastmoving development as the three political parties were setting the chess board BJPbacked Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Lone also staked claim to form the governmentCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever