Farooq Abdullah claims Balakot air strike was ‘totally for election’
Farooq Abdullah.
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, on Monday, alleged that the Centre ordered the air strike in Pakistan’s Balakot with the “sole purpose” of winning Lok Sabha election.
Talking to reporters, he said, “This surgical strike was done only for the purpose of election … totally for the election. We lost an aircraft worth crore of rupees. Be thankful that the Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, survived and returned from Pakistan with respect.”
Abdullah alleged the BJP has “failed on all fronts” and it created an atmosphere of fear that there would be a fight or conflict with Pakistan before the polls so that the prime minister, Narendra Modi, becomes some kind of an “avatar” without whom India cannot survive.
He said, “In Parliament, we knew they have failed on all other things and that there would be a fight or a skirmish with Pakistan in Kashmir so that he becomes an ‘avatar’ without whom India cannot survive. But I want to tell him that whether he or I live or not, India will live and move forward.”
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