As chaos erupted in the Legislative Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and its MLAs on Thursday saying that the party simply wants to “only strengthen themselves instead of working for the people of the region”.
Talking to reporters Choudhary said, “We are the ones who want to strengthen Bharat Mata. These people (BJP) are the ones who don’t want to strengthen the country but only themselves,” he said.
Addressing the chaos which unfolded in the assembly today, he said, “There is no confrontation. We have spoken about the benefit of people, about industries, tourism, education, industry etc. We are talking about our right. Others are talking about just gaining power. The people are seeing what CM, Farooq Abdullah, and Surinder Kumar Choudhary are saying is in their favour… National Conference is with the poor people, while those people (Opposition) are with the rich.”