Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Friday launched a sharp attack on Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Sunil Sharma, challenging him to engineer defections within the ruling National Conference if he had the capability to do so.
"If Sunil Sharma has guts, then buy NC MLAs," Choudhary told reporters, dismissing claims that the BJP could poach legislators from the ruling camp.
The Deputy Chief Minister asserted that National Conference MLAs were elected by the people and remained committed to those who voted for them, and could not be influenced through political pressure or inducements.
"Our MLAs are committed. They have been elected by the people. It is the BJP which resorts to such tactics," he said.
Choudhary accused the BJP of focusing on destabilising elected governments rather than addressing public grievances, and launched a broadside against the party's governance record in Jammu and Kashmir.
"People are not even getting potable water because the Jal Jeevan Mission flopped," he said, targeting the implementation of the centrally sponsored water supply scheme. He further alleged that recruitment in the Education Department had frozen during the BJP's tenure, while the Health Department continued to face a severe manpower shortage.
"Instead of mitigating the sufferings of the people, the BJP only thinks about how to destabilize elected governments," Choudhary said.
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