Srinagar, Nov. 18 (TNS): Defending his assertion for internal autonomy to both parts of divided Kashmir without obliterating the Line of Control (LoC), National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said if India wants to get Pakistan-controlled Kashmir (AJK), let it move towards the LoC with guns.
“If India wants to liberate the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, let it move towards the LoC with guns,” Abdullah told a party meeting in Jammu, adding that wars were no solution as these bring only death and destruction.
Abdullah also reiterated his demand for grant of regional autonomy to different regions in Jammu and Kashmir to assuage the aspirations of people.
“J&K is a unique state and needs special dispensation in terms of regional autonomy to satiate the urges of various regions,” he said.
Without naming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he lambasted the alleged overt and covert attempts being made to weaken Article 370 and said demand of autonomy was within the framework of the Constitution.
He said the NC would not allow the attempts of repealing Article 35-A to succeed. He said its fallout would be more disastrous for Jammu than other two regions of the state.
“People will come here to take your land,” he said accusing the BJP of raising the issue to make electoral gains and divide the people.
