NEW DELHI: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah hit back on BJP chief JP Nadda over his “he is bad in mathematics remarks” and said that math has to do nothing with the Jammu and Kashmir election, it is the Union minister who doesn’t have common sense.
Responding to a question, the NC vice-chief on Friday said, “What does math have to do with this? There are many such places where the number of votes has reduced since 2014.There are some places in Srinagar where the number of votes are less than in parliamentary elections… One does not need math for it, they need common sense. I can’t do anything if JP Nadda does not have common sense.”
Earlier today Union minister JP Nadda, speaking at a press conference, said, “If one wants to see the poll percentage, it used to be 6 to 8 per cent but today it is 58 to 60 per cent. If he was bad in mathematics, what could I do? There was 60 per cent voting in the first phase and 58 per cent in the second phase.”
On Thursday, Omar Abdullah said that the central government is ‘partially responsible’ for the ‘lower voter turnout’.
The second phase of J-K assembly polls recorded a turnout 57.31 per cent was in phase-2, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said in a press release.
Meanwhile, Omar Abdullah also held a rally in Jammu North Assembly constituency where he slammed BJP and asked that it has been five years wat happened to the development.
“When roads, hospitals, schools and colleges were not constructed, then BJP used to say that Article 370 is a hindrance in the development. Now, five years have passed since the abrogation of Article 370, I want to ask – what development has happened in Jammu since then? What has changed here?” he said.