Srinagar: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit today sent a legal notice to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, asking him to either produce evidence to support his allegation that the BJP offered Rs 20-30 crore to National Conference(NC)-led J&K government or issue a public apology within seven days.
The notice terms Abdullah’s allegation as “false, baseless and defamatory” and seeks Rs 100 crore in damages for the alleged harm caused to the BJP’s image, warning that failure to comply will leave the saffron party free to initiate civil and criminal proceedings, including a defamation suit.
Issued on behalf of the BJP Jammu and Kashmir President, Sat Sharma, the notice states that the allegations amount to defamtion and asks the chief minister to issue an unconditional public apology and withdraw the statement within seven days.
Reacting to it, Chief Minister Abdullah sarcastically said he was “honoured” with the “love letter” BJP had sent him.
Omar Abdullah said ” I consider this a great honor because I am the only politician in Jammu and Kashmir who has been bestowed with a love letter like this from the BJP”, he said during an event here to commemorate the martyrs of 13th july 1931. ” It is symbolic of the way the BJP fights.They take political fights and hide behind the courts’, the CM said.
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