BJP issues ‘missing’ Omar Abdullah posters | India News
SRINAGAR: The BJP on Friday launched a poster campaign targeting Omar Abdullah while he was on a personal visit to London, describing the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister as “missing” and seeking “information about his whereabouts”.The posters were shared on J&K BJP’s official social media handles and circulated on WhatsApp. The posters say “missing man holds the post of chief minister” and has not been seen for 10 days. Omar’s National Conference (NC) dismissed the campaign as unresponsive.Their poster claimed that Omar was last seen on May 11 laying the foundation stone for the restored Mughal-era Malshahi Mosque in Ganderbal near Srinagar.BJP state spokesperson Sajid Yusuf Shah said the NC has not issued any statement about the Chief Minister. “There are reports that he is in London. The chief minister has the right to travel wherever he wants but the people of Jammu and Kashmir did not elect him for the things and activities he is engaged in. He is a pioneer in marathons. Similarly, he is running away from his duties,” Shah said, pointing to Omar’s regular participation in marathons over the years.Another BJP spokesperson, Altaf Thakur, warned that the poster campaign would not be limited to social media and would be taken on the streets. “The Chief Minister is responsible to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. It is surprising that there is no report about him for 10 days,” Thakur said.Omar’s father and NC president Farooq Abdullah scoffed at the posters, saying the BJP had nothing better to do in Jammu and Kashmir than run such campaigns. “We are not here to answer them,” said the former chief minister.
