Omar Abdullah claims NC MLAs offered Rs 20 to 30 crore to defect

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Vice President of ruling National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah, on Saturday alleged a conspiracy to break his party and claimed that MLAs were being offered Rs 20-30 crore each and the promise of statehood, to bring down his government.

”When offers of money and ministerial posts failed, attempts are now being made behind closed doors to lure our MLAs. I will ensure the BJP cannot make a backdoor entry here,” CM Abdullah said.

He was addressing party workers on



the 26th death anniversary of his grandmother, Begum Akbar Jahan, popularly known as the ‘Madr-e-Meharbaan (the benevolent mother)’ at her mausoleum at Hazratbal in Srinagar.

CM Omar alleged that attempts were being made to engineer defections in the NC, claiming that one of the party’s legislators from Jammu was offered Rs 20–30 crore, a ministerial berth and a promise of statehood to switch sides.

“Such efforts were aimed at weakening the NC, but our party would not succumb to political pressure.