Lashing out at BJP and Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, National Conference spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu said the timing of IIT Jammu inauguration was "insensitive" towards the people of Kashmir.
"When you cut ribbons in Jammu at a time when Kashmir is on fire and when coffins of young boys are being lowered into graves here, it highlights your abject lack of humanity and empathy.
"How would people in Jammu have felt if an IIT was being inaugurated in Kashmir Valley at a time of similar grief and mass mourning in Jammu? This act of insensitivity and ruthlessness perfectly exemplifies BJP's politics in J&K," Mattu said in a statement.
"This also raises serious questions on the writ and integrity of the Chief Minister's office. Has Mehbooba Mufti in outsourced Jammu to the BJP? It's evident that we have two factions within the Government," the spokesperson added.
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Mattu alleged that BJP "was clearly invested in dividing the state on the basis of religion and while their Ministers were virtually missing from the Valley during the current unrest, they were in perfect attendance to inaugurate an IIT in Jammu" yesterday.
"Nirmal Singh should have the courage to openly state that he is the Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu city alone and his cabinet colleagues from the BJP must follow suit," Mattu said.
Reacting to a pro-BJP think tank taking up the Kashmir issue at a conclave in Jammu, the NC termed it as a "ridiculous eye-wash".
"What could be more insulting and humiliating for Kashmiris? From dialogue offers having been extended directly from serving Prime Ministers in the past, it seems Kashmiris will now have to make do with Ram Madhav and RSS affiliates.