Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during a road show near Srinagar on Friday. (Press Trust of India)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today lashed out at BJP president Amit Shah for "falsifying facts" about the amount released by the Centre for the flood-affected people of the state.
"Shah, who is falsifying facts about the amount released for the flood victims, should see the magnitude of these floods. Rs 1700 crore isn't even enough to raise the basic infrastructure in the state," Mr Abdullah said in Srinagar while addressing election rallies.
"If Shah is actually concerned about Kashmiris and their sufferings, what is stopping his government from approving the Rs 44,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims?" asked Mr Abdullah.
The National Conference (NC) working president said rather than being serious about the miseries of the flood victims, the central government with the help of Opposition PDP and Congress, "imposed" elections on the people.
"NC otherwise wanted to contest the elections in March-April, so as to work effectively for the rehabilitation of the flood victims. We could never imagine foisting elections on a devastated people who were sleeping under the open sky and whose homes were shattered. PDP and BJP are two sides of the same coin when it comes to their lack of empathy and ruthlessness towards the flood victims," he said.