Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday raised a question whether a resolution by Jammu and Kashmir assembly seeking mercy for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on the lines of Tamil Nadu House would also generate a "muted" reaction, comments that came under sharp attack from BJP.
"If J&K assembly had passed a resolution similar to the Tamil Nadu one for Afzal Guru would the reaction have been as muted? I think not," Omar punched on social networking site Twitter.
His controversial comments came a day after the Tamil Nadu assembly passed a unanimous resolution urging President Pratibha Patil to reconsider the mercy plea of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who are facing death sentence.
"Omar's remarks are unfortunate. Had the Hurriyat leaders made such a comment, it would have been understandable. A responsible CM should not have made such comments," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said in Delhi.
His party colleague Balbir Punj dubbed Omar's remarks as "shocking, irresponsible and unfortunate."
Congress chose to distance itself. "What the CM comments on twitter is his business. Its really not for us to take cognisance of. These are sensitive issues which each state government sees and percieves on their own. We can only wait and watch."
"In a democracy, it's perfectly okay for people to voice their opinions collectively or individually. I don't think we should speculate," Renuka Chowdhary, Congress spokesperson said.
