'Operation Lotus' in J&K? CM Omar Abdullah claims BJP offered MLAs Rs 20-30 crore

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to topple his National Conference (NC)-led government by engineering defections, alleging that party MLAs were offered between Rs 20 crore and Rs 30 crore, ministerial berths and even the promise of statehood in exchange for switching sides.Addressing a workers' convention at the mausoleum of his grandparents at Hazratbal in Srinagar on the 26th death anniversary of his grandmother Akbar Jehan, Abdullah claimed the BJP was making repeated attempts to split the National Conference.'Rs 20-30 crore, ministry and statehood'Claiming that one of his party legislators from Jammu had approached him with details of the alleged offer, Abdullah said a BJP office-bearer, who was also a Supreme Court lawyer, had reached out to the MLA."God bears witness that one MLA from Jammu told me that a BJP office-bearer, who is also a Supreme Court lawyer,…