PM Modi trying to portray himself as Hanuman ji, says Farooq Abdullah

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to portray himself as if Hindu deity Hanuman has come himself by pressing the button for the launch of A-SAT missile.

“All the credit is due to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the successful launch of A-SAT missile. It was Manmohan ji who successfully launched the anti-Satellite Missile but he never took credit for it. When elections are around, he (Modi) pressed the button to show as if Hanuman ji has come himself,” Abdullah said while addressing a NC convention at the party headquarter in Nawa-e-Subh in Srinagar.

He said a similar button was pressed, which killed six air force personnel and a civilian, in an apparent reference to the Mi-17 chopper crash that took place in Budgam last month.

Abdullah also lashed at the PM for failing to create jobs for the people. “PM Modi had promised that he will give two crore jobs to the youth in a year, which makes 10 crore in five years. Where are those jobs? PM had also promised to reduce the price of petrol, diesel and, LPG but nothing happened,” Abdullah said.

The veteran NC leader said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which once had the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya as its main issue, has forgotten about it after the air strike carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan.

“Many Indian soldiers were killed in Chhattisgarh but Modi ji never went to meet their families. And when 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives he raised a storm over it,” he said.