Farooq Abdullah lambasts separatists for Azadi calls
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Jammu Aug 20: Lambasting freedom calls given`by thseparatist Hurriyat Conference in Kashmir, National Conference (NC) patron and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today refused to endorse the idea saying it might endanger the state's survival.
"It is a question of survival. And therefore, I don't think it is very good to think that we can remain free. The question is, can we survive free? it is not about survival as a destroyed state, but survival as a state, which is viable, where people can exist happily," Abduallah told reporters here.
Noting that freedom is not easy to sustain under the present circumstances, he said disintegration and freedom of J and K was not acceptable to the people of the state.
To a question about separation of Jammu and Kashmir divisions, he said Jammu and Kashmir cannot be two separate entities.
Refuting claims that there was no "economic blockade" to the Kashmir valley, he said it was the "economic blockade" that forced Kashmiris to march towards Muzaffarabad.
The former CM also hoped that the talks between SASS and the Governor N N Vohra to resolve the crisis ould be fruitful.
"It is a question of survival. And therefore, I don't think it is very good to think that we can remain free. The question is, can we survive free? it is not about survival as a destroyed state, but survival as a state, which is viable, where people can exist happily," Abduallah told reporters here.
Noting that freedom is not easy to sustain under the present circumstances, he said disintegration and freedom of J and K was not acceptable to the people of the state.
To a question about separation of Jammu and Kashmir divisions, he said Jammu and Kashmir cannot be two separate entities.
Refuting claims that there was no "economic blockade" to the Kashmir valley, he said it was the "economic blockade" that forced Kashmiris to march towards Muzaffarabad.
The former CM also hoped that the talks between SASS and the Governor N N Vohra to resolve the crisis ould be fruitful.
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