NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party has denied claims that its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had sent emissaries to meet separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani seeking his help in solving the Kashmir issue.
National spokesperson of BJP, Prakash Javedkar said that no party member from our side approached Syed Ali Geelani and whatever he has claimed is far from truth. We have already issued a statement in this regard and we term his claims as “mischievous” and without any basis.
The party in a statement said that no emissary has either tries to meet or had met Geelani to discuss the Kashmir issue.
It is being reported in certain sections of the media that the NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi sent emissaries to meet Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The BJP categorically rejects these reports. They are mischievous, without basis and are aimed at creating confusion among people. Geelani’s statements are nothing but a bunch of lies with malicious intent, the statement reads.
No emissary has either tried to meet or met Geelani to discuss the Kashmir issue. On the Kashmir issue, the BJP’s stand is very clear, that Kashmir is an integral part of India and there cannot be any room for deliberations on this. The BJP has also time and again condemned the negative role played by leaders such as Syed Geelani, whose politics is a threat to the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. If Geelani has made these claims, the onus lies on him to present the complete picture and name who were these individuals who met him on behalf of Modi. If he fails to do so, which we are sure he will, he should apologize to the people of India.
The BJP also condemns the manner in which elected representatives and those who hold important offices, most notably from Kashmir are encouraging such lies only to serve their political interests as they fear a crushing defeat in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections, the statement issued by BJP from New Delhi reads.
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