Kashmir could share Gaza’s fate without Indo-Pak talks: Farooq Abdullah

“There is a statement of (PM Narendra) Modi ji that war is not an option now. (He said) we have to resolve issues through dialogue now. Where is that dialogue?” he said in Srinagar.

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The Lok Sabha MP's latest comments come just days after four soldiers were killed in a terror attack on an Army Convoy in Poonch sector. (PTI)

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday warned that the situation in Kashmir could become like that of Gaza if a solution is not found through dialogue between India and Pakistan.

“There is a statement of (PM Narendra) Modi ji that war is not an option now. (He said) we have to resolve issues through dialogue now. Where is that dialogue?” he said in Srinagar.

He also said that former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif was going to become the neighbouring country’s PM again. “He is shouting that they (Pakistan) will talk. What is the reason that we are not ready to talk?” Abdullah said.

#WATCH | National Conference MP Farooq Abdullah says, “Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said that we can change our friends but not our neighbours. If we remain friendly with our neighbours, both will progress. PM Modi also said that war is not an option now and the matters should be… pic.twitter.com/EcPx9B70jJ

— ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2023

“If we don’t resolve this (Kashmir issue) through dialogue, then I am sorry to say that our fate will be similar to what is happening in Gaza and Palestine, who are being bombarded by Israel,” he said. “I have always said what (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee ji had said that friends can be changed but neighbours can’t,” he said.

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BJP national spokesperson Pratyush Kanth said, “You cannot have state-sponsored terrorism and talk about peace. Mr Abdullah should first concentrate on what is happening in Kashmir. He should appreciate the very fact that peace has been reinstated in Kashmir and development is back. When 2 crore people come as tourists, it speaks volumes of the fact that normalcy is restored in J&K.”

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