Ahead of the National Conference’s protest on statehood in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday accused the BJP of trying to topple the state government by engineering a split in the party. He claimed that one of its MLAs was offered Rs 20-30 crore to switch sides.Speaking at a grand event held on the 26th death anniversary of his grandmother Akbar Jehan at the mausoleum of his grandparents at Hazratbal, Omar said, “You (Centre) have made a joke of our patience, decency and silence.”“Attempts are being made to break the National Conference. When offering money and ministerial berths didn’t work, the BJP is now telling my MLAs behind closed doors that ‘come with us and we will give you the statehood’,” Omar claimed.Misleading, baseless: BJP rejects chargeThe BJP on Saturday rejected the allegations made by J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, terming them misleading and baseless. J&K BJP senior leader Ravinder Raina said if the CM was “speaking the truth, he should place the facts and evidence in public domain”.The NC vice-president further claimed that an NC MLA from Jammu told him that a BJP office-bearer, who is also a Supreme Court lawyer, had offered him Rs 20-30 crore, a ministerial berth and statehood to switch sides.Slamming the BJP, Omar reposed faith in his MLAs. “Do not consider us so weak. There is not a single legislator on the stage who will sell his integrity for Rs 20 crore, or even Rs 100 crore…You (BJP) will not be able to come to the front seat through the back door. For now, people have kept you in the back seat. You will remain there,” he said.The NC leader also said the party’s success in the Assembly elections had become a punishment. “Why did you make a government, if you don’t let them work? If you had to harass people through the Raj (Lok) Bhavan, dismiss employees, run bulldozers and do all these things, why did you bring us forward?” he said.On statehood, the Chief Minister also said their patience shouldn’t be mistaken for weakness. “I kept my political future and reputation at stake and told the Centre that we wanted to secure our rights through dialogue and not violence, knowing that this decision can be very risky for me politically. I wanted to give the Centre some time to fulfil its promises; the reality is that they want to keep the situation as it is,” he said.He criticised the Centre for not talking to people in J&K when it was holding a dialogue with Ladakh groups and offering protections under Article 371. “The same BJP people who are ready to give 371 to Ladakh tell us we will not even get the statehood,” he said.