Prove 'poaching' charge or face Rs 100 cr defamation suit: BJP to Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, Jul 13 (PTI) The BJP on Monday threatened to initiate a defamation suit against Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah if he does not apologise or fails to provide evidence substantiating his allegations of poaching against the opposition party in the union territory. "The BJP Jammu and Kashmir has sent a legal notice to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah through post/mail, demanding that he either provide concrete evidence to substantiate his allegations of 'poaching' against the BJP or issue a public apology within seven days," a party spokesperson said in a statement here. If Abdullah fails to provide evidence or does not apologise, the BJP will initiate a defamation suit of Rs 100 crore against him over his remarks alleging that the BJP was offering Rs 20-30 crore to MLAs, the spokesperson warned. The chief minister, while addressing National Conference (NC) workers at Hazratbal last week, alleged that the BJP is trying to bring down his government by engineering a split in his party. He also claimed that an NC MLA from Jammu told him that he was offered Rs 20-30 crore and a ministerial berth to switch sides to the saffron camp. PTI MIJ MPL MPL