‘Pakistan has no right’: Congress distances itself from ally Farooq Abdullah’s Kashmiri remark

The Jammu and Kashmir Congress has distanced itself from National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah’s remarks that Pakistan was helping Kashmiris by keeping the Kashmir issue alive at international fora.

“The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee has distanced itself from the statement of NC president Farooq Abdullah and asserted that Pakistan has no right to talk about or interfere in our internal affairs as J&K is an integral part of India,” J&K Congress chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said.

Addressing a party event in Baramulla on Saturday, Abdullah questioned whether people in Jammu and Kashmir could expect justice from the Centre and warned that their identity could disappear if they failed to confront Delhi.

Kashmiri Pandit groups Panun Kashmir and the Jammu State People’s Movement have lodged a police complaint seeking the registration of an FIR against Abdullah over his remarks.