PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday, while referring to the Bihar assembly exit poll predictions, attacked the BJP government and said, “The party will meet the same fate as the outgoing US president Donald Trump,” reported PTI. 

Earlier, the Bihar assembly exit polls predicted an edge for the Mahagathbandhan led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav. Congratulating Yadav, Mufti said, “I want to congratulate Tejashwi who is a young man and has set a narrative with a focus on Roti, Kapda Aur Makan (bread, clothes and house).” 

She said, “The BJP raked up the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A and opening of J&K for the people across the country but it did not work for them as people are more concerned about their meals.”

The PDP chief then talked about the Centre’s new farm laws and land laws in Jammu and Kashmir and said, “The BJP failed to provide two square meals to the people, leave aside the creation of promised two crore jobs every year. The party instead tried to sell the abrogation of Article 370 to the voters in the country.”

Mufti accused the BJP of misleading people and diverting their attention from real issues by playing the politics of “communal hatred.” She said, “When oppression increases, it soon vanishes too. Today is their (BJP’s) time and tomorrow, our time will come. The same thing will happen to them (BJP) what happened to Trump (who lost the US presidential election last week).”

She further accused the BJP of being the “most corrupt” party in India and said, “They are accusing us of corruption. I think they have beaten all previous records of corruption. They were not having any foothold but look at the huge office buildings of the party today. Where has the money come from and how have their accounts swelled in the name of party funds?”

Mufti expressed her concerns over some media houses allegedly propagating the BJP’s agenda while Donald Trump’s speech was blocked midway despite being the most powerful president in the US. She said, “Some (news) channels, I don’t want to name them, are running BJP’s agenda and not following the Constitution. This country will be run by the Constitution which binds the people together.”

The former J&K chief minister accused the BJP of engineering religious conflicts and said, “If the BJP agenda is adopted, the same situation will emerge as is being witnessed over the past six years. It (BJP) does not have anything else to give to the people of the country. And therefore, they are dividing the people in the name of religion, regions and castes.”