Lok Sabha elections 2024: 'PM Modi wants to create rift among people', says Farooq Abdullah

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah today (April 25) said that the I.N.D.I.A bloc is fighting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attempts to create a rift among people and the opposition alliance will undo the wrongdoings committed during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule.

"The Election Commission (EC) has to be changed and made independent. The judiciary has to be made independent as it is the place where people get justice if they do not get justice anywhere else.

"Many things have to be set right. Those have to be made governors who can serve people and not Delhi. Many incapable people have been put in many institutions, but we have to save those institutions," he said.Abdullah was addressing an NC and Congress joint rally at Congress party headquarters and later NC workers at his party's headquarters Nawa-i-Subah after its candidate from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, submitted nomination papers.

"I pray that the I.N.D.I.A alliance is successful in Delhi so that Ambedkar's Constitution is saved and it will undo the wrongdoings committed," the former J-K chief minister said.

Abdullah claimed that the Constitution was in danger.

"You saw what the prime minister said in Rajasthan. He tried to shred the Indian Constitution into pieces. The Indian Constitution provides dignity to everyone," Abdullah said.

"The PM of the country has to speak for all and has to protect all. He is like a father. He should not differentiate between people on religious lines or food habits or languages.

He has to serve everyone whether they belong to his party or not," he said and expressed disappointment at Modi's speech.Abdullah alleged Modi wanted to "break the country and separate people on the religious lines".

"He (Modi) wants to create a rift among the people. The I.N.D.I.A alliance is fighting against that. The I.N.D.I.A alliance wants to keep the country united and safeguard Ambedkar's constitution," he added.

The former Union minister said, "A movement will start from this crown (J-K) which will change the seat of power in Delhi and bring a revolution in the country."

"The BJP wants to dictate to the people what to eat or wear. They want everyone to be like them. They want to tell you which God to pray to, they want to wipe out everything," he alleged.