Srinagar: National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that 10 PDP legislators recently wanted to join NC but he denied them entry into his party.
However, Farooq refused to reveal the names of the MLAs. “Since I don’t believe in Aaya Ram Gaya Ram, I refused to accommodate the PDP MLAs in my party,” Farooq said.
He was responding to recent allegations of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti about “NC trying to destabilize PDP-BJP government.”
“I heard Mehbooba Mufti’s statement. So I want to answer her that it was her father Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who always played the game of buying and selling MLAs,” Dr Farooq Abdullah said.
He said, “Even in 2002 when we had 28 MLAs and he (Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed) had 16, he tried to buy our MLAs. Let MsMehbooba Mufti prove that Farooq or NC has ever indulged in horse trading because we don’t believe in Aaya Ram Gaya Ram politics.”
“But yes, being very specific, 10 MLAs of PDP had recently come to meet me and urged me to help them join NC but I turned down their offer,” Farooq said.