‘BJP respects democratic traditions’: NDA leaders defend against Omar Abdullah's ‘trying to break my party’ charge
NDA leaders, including Praful Patel and Raman Singh, have rejected allegations by Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah that the BJP is attempting to destabilize his party. The leaders maintained that the BJP respects democratic traditions and has no interest in engineering defections.
Why it matters
This reflects ongoing political tensions in Jammu and Kashmir regarding the stability of the newly elected government and the influence of national parties.
Praful Patel, BJP ally NCP's Working President, said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party “fully respects democratic traditions”. He was refuting claims by Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah that the BJP was attempting to lure his party National Conference's (NC) MLAs to try and come to power in the UT “through the back door”.Patel, who remained a minister in the Congress-led UPA regime of Manmohan Singh before Modi rose to power, said the BJP “operates with faith in the democratic process”.He rejected Omar Abdullah's allegations that the BJP was “breaking several political parties”.Patel belongs to the late Ajit Pawar's NCP that got the original name and symbol from the Election Commission in 2024, after Ajit split with his uncle, party co-founder Sharad Pawar, to align with the ruling BJP in Maharashtra and at the Centre.
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