Skip to main content

"Terrorism Will Stay Unless...": Farooq Abdullah On Kashmir

By

"We have to return to Gandhi's India," Farooq Abdullah said.

New Delhi:

Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, today said terrorism will continue in Jammu and Kashmir until India initiates dialogue with its "neighbour". "I am sorry to say, terrorism will stay unless we talk to our neighbour and find a solution," Mr Abdullah said without naming Pakistan. His remark came hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's "we have learnt our lesson" comment.  

In an interview with Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV earlier today, Mr Sharif had called for "serious and sincere talks" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on "burning points like Kashmir".

"We have had three wars with India, and they have only brought more misery, poverty, and unemployment to the people... We have learnt our lesson, and we want to live in peace with India, provided we are able to resolve our genuine problems," Shehbaz Sharif said. "My message to the Indian leadership and Prime Minister Modi is that let's sit down on the table and have serious and sincere talks to resolve our burning points like Kashmir," he had added.

Mr Abdullah said India needs to find a solution to the issue and he had given the same message of both countries being "united and of building bridges", when former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee sought his opinion before travelling to Pakistan in 1999.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "said openly that war is not a solution for anything," Mr Abdullah said, remarking that Russia-Ukraine war was a case in point.

"India is a unique country and it is that because we all think together...we have to return to Gandhi's India... the division has to end if the nation has to progress," Mr Abdullah said. "The country will never be strong unless we are one," he added.

Mr Abdullah also expressed unhappiness at some of the current developments in the country. "Look at the institutions, Governors, look at the Lt Governor... how they are playing with the Constitution... I could never think of this," he said at a book release event.  

The book, "A Life in the Shadows A Memoir", has been written by former RAW chief AS Dulat, who retired from service in 2000. Mr Dulat also said "terrorism (in J&K) will not go away unless we engage with Pakistan".  

He, however, added that he would "concede" that the level of militancy has come down due to the "muscular policy" adopted by the current dispensation.  Militancy is local while terrorism comes from across the border, Mr Dulat said.

Asked about the relation between New Delhi and Kashmir, Mr Dulat said the "disconnect with the people has always been there and there has been a lack of trust".

Adblock test (Why?)



from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/jgfu5Vb https://ift.tt/Q0scOKw
via IFTTT
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

North Korea Says It Tested New Strategic Cruise Missile

By
North Korea test-fired a new generation of strategic cruise missile on Wednesday. (Representational) Seoul: North Korea fired several cruise missiles towards the Yellow Sea on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a series of tension-raising moves by the nuclear-armed state. Hours later, North Korea appeared to confirm the firing, saying it had carried out its first test of a new generation of strategic cruise missiles it is developing, the Pulhwasal-3-31. Pyongyang has accelerated weapons testing in the new year, including tests of what it called an "underwater nuclear weapon system" and a solid-fuelled hypersonic ballistic missile. "Our military detected several cruise missiles launched by North Korea towards the Yellow Sea at around 7:00 am today," the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Unlike their ballistic counterparts, the testing of cruise missiles is not banned under current UN sanctions against Pyongyang. Cruise...
Post a Comment
Read more

18-Year-Old Killed By Friends Over Mobile Game Password In Bengal: Cops

By
According to cops, accused "friends" attempted to burn the victim after killing him. (Representational) Kolkata: An argument over sharing the password of an online mobile game allegedly led to the murder of a teenage boy by four of his friends in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said. The body of 18-year-old Papai Das, who had been missing since January 8, was discovered near Nishindra Ghat of the feeder canal in Farakka on Monday, police said. Papai, a class 10 student, was reportedly killed by his four "close" friends after a disagreement over sharing the password for a mobile online game. The accused individuals have been arrested, police added. "These five individuals used to play online games at one of the quarters of the Farakka Barrage. The victim went out on the evening of January 8 and never returned. On January 9, the family lodged a police complaint. "Based on preliminary investigations, we discovered that...
Post a Comment
Read more

"Jaiswal Has Run Ahead Of Gill": Ex-India Star's Massive T20 WC Verdict

By
Former India opener Aakash Chopra has suggested that Yashasvi Jaiswal is slightly ahead of Shubman Gill in the pecking order as captain Rohit Sharma's partner at the top in T20Is. Since making his debut last year, Jaiswal has been in stunning form in the shortest format of the game. Gill's form, on the other hand, has dipped since the ODI World Cup last year in India. With the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held later this year, Chopra feels Jaiswal will open the innings with Rohit during the tournament. "It's clear that Yashasvi Jaiswal has run ahead of Shubman Gill. Yashasvi is ahead in the two-horse race, Gill is lagging slightly behind. Gill was played in the first match, dropped in the second, and wasn't played in the third as well," Chopra said on his YouTube channel. Jaiswal helped India beat Afghanistan in the second T20I earlier this week, scoring a quickfire fifty. Considering his recent form across formats, Chopra emphasised that Jaiswal has ...
Post a Comment
Read more