New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday slammed National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah for his comment that he by no means known as out Jawaharlal Nehru for jailing his father Sheikh Abdullah, saying the politician is ready to disown his father for the “greed of power”.

BJP nationwide normal secretary Tarun Chugh accused Abdullah of political opportunism.

“It was pure political opportunism of Farooq Abdullah in his greed for power that he was even prepared to abjure and to an extent disown his father,” Chugh was quoted as saying by information company PTI.

Abdullah, an INDIA bloc member, mentioned on Sunday that he by no means mentioned Nehru was fallacious in jailing his father for 13 years.

“My father was kept in jail for 13 years by Jawahar Lal Nehru. I have never said that Jawahar Lal has done this wrong. I have been saying that he may have a better understanding,” Abdullah mentioned on Sunday.

The BJP chief mentioned it was a matter of disgrace and shame that the politician justified his father’s arrest.

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Chugh known as Abdullah “power hungry”. He warned the folks of Jammu and Kashmir in opposition to these enjoying a double recreation for his or her political curiosity.

BJP spokesperson Girdhari Lal Raina accused Abdullah of sycophancy.

“Indira (Gandhi) is India syndrome that defines sycophancy on one side and arrogance of entitlement on other seems to have badly hit the National Conference like its alliance partner Congress party these days,” Raina instructed reporters, per PTI.

Reacting to Abdullah’s remarks in Jammu final week, Raina mentioned, “We feel astonished over the statement equating J&K with the National Conference. It is laughable and smacks of the sense of entitlement instead of any merit.”

Abdullah is among the foremost defenders of Nehru’s legacy, at present underneath assault from the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP has blamed Nehru for issues afflicting Jammu and Kashmir.

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Last 12 months, Abdullah mentioned Nehru was not accountable for bringing Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

“I don’t know why they have venom against Nehru. Nehru is not responsible. When Article (370) came, Sardar Patel was there Nehru was in America when the Cabinet meeting happened. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was also present when the decision was made,” he had mentioned.