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Jammu: The BJP wants to replicate Russia- and China-like rule in the country, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah claimed on Tuesday and said the INDIA bloc has come forward to safeguard the Constitution, even at the cost of "our lives"..
He also targeted the Centre over the issue of the Katchatheevu island, handed over to Sri Lanka in the 1970s, and asked why the BJP-led Centre is silent on the "continuous incursion" by China in Ladakh and its claims over land in Arunachal Pradesh...
Asked to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's criticism of the Congress over its decision to hand over the strategic Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in the 1970s, Abdullah pointed to China's alleged incursions into Ladakh and its claims over land in Arunachal Pradesh.. "How much land is with China, why are they (central government) not talking about it?.
Asked about the People's Democratic Party being "disappointed" over the National Conference announcing its candidate from the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, Abdullah responded angrily and said, "Who told you that they are disappointed?.
When told that the People's Democratic Party might put up a candidate against the National Conference's Mian Altaf, whose candidature was declared the previous day, Abdullah said it is a free country and anyone can contest elections...
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