Last Updated: February 19, 2024, 18:41 IST
Ghulam Nabi Azad along with Farooq Abdullah. (PTI File Photo)
Farooq Abdullah denied Azad’s claims adding that if he wanted to meet PM Modi or Amit Shah, he would seek meetings in the daytime
Hours after veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad claimed that former J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah only sought late-night meetings with PM Modi Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to avoid opposition scrutiny, the Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief took a U-turn from his remarks.
Clarifying his statement on National Conference leaders, Azad said that he never said they met PM Modi and Shah but that his sources informed him that he tries to meet central leadership only at night.
#WATCH | Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) President Ghulam Nabi Azad clarifies on the reports in the media.He says, “I never claimed that he (Farooq Abdullah) met him (PM Modi). I said that through sources in Delhi, it has come to be known that he tries to meet central… pic.twitter.com/jFx8f4c5EF
— ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2024
“I never claimed that he (Farooq Abdullah) met him (PM Modi). I said that through sources in Delhi, it has come to be known that he tries to meet central leadership that too only at night. I never said that he met or got an appointment,” said Azad in his previous remarks.
Azad, in an exclusive interview with India Today claimed Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah only sought late-night meetings with PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as they wanted to escape scrutiny to please both the opposition and ‘ruling party.
“Abdullahs were duplicitous, saying one thing in Srinagar, another in Jammu, and something else in Delhi,” Azad told the publication.
Azad also made a revelation about an alleged meeting between the Abdullahs and PM Modi on August 3, 2019, just before the scrapping of Article 370. He claimed that rumours swirled in Delhi that the Abdullahs were taken into confidence regarding the decision.
‘He Should Tell Names of…’: Farooq Abdulla Reacts on Azad’s Claim
Responding to Ghulam Nabi Azad’s claims, Farooq Abdullah denied Azad’s claims adding that if he wanted to meet PM Modi or Amit Shah, he would seek meetings in the daytime.
“If I have to meet PM Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah, I will meet them during the day, why should I meet them at night? What is the reason that he has thought of defaming Farooq Abdullah?” the NC leader told ANI.
“He should tell the names of his agents who are sitting at the residence of the PM and Union Home Minister. He should tell people so that they can understand the truth,” Abdullah added.
