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PDP-BJP alliance an 'unnatural marriage', says Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's statement crediting Pakistan for peaceful polls was 'uncalled for', adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- People's Democratic Party (PDP) alliance seemed to be an unnatural marriage.

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's statement crediting Pakistan for peaceful polls was 'uncalled for', adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- People's Democratic Party (PDP) alliance seemed to be an unnatural marriage.

"The Congress party feels strongly that the statement by the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, essentially giving credit for the peaceful elections there to the militants and separatists, was completely uncalled for, indeed was a disgrace," Tharoor said.

"For us, the credit for peaceful elections in Jammu and Kashmir goes first of all to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. They also go to the Election Commission for conducting this election and to the security forces for having maintained a peaceful environment in which the elections could take place," he added. "[The BJP-PDP alliance] clearly seems to be an unnatural marriage because most of those who have voted for the PDP voted to stop the BJP. But it already has become a trouble marriage. The honeymoon didn't seem to last very long, because today, the Home Minister has dissociated his government and party from the statement of his partner. This is not exactly a terrific beginning for an unnatural marriage," Tharoor further said.

Meanwhile, National Conference (NC) demanded an apology from Sayeed for his remarks.

"Instead of thanking the people of Jammu and Kashmir, if the CM has thanked Pakistan, Hurriyat and militants, then this is entirely wrong. He should not only apologize to people, but also take his words back," NC leader Mohammad Akbar Lone said.

On Sunday, Sayeed had stoked a controversy by stating that the Hurriyat, Pakistan and militants had allowed a conducive atmosphere for the recently held assembly polls in the state.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had earlier in the day dissociated the BJP from Sayeed's remark, stating in the Parliament that armed forces, paramilitary forces and the people of Jammu and Kashmir had made peaceful polls possible. 

 

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