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Farooq Abdullah renews J-K statehood demand after attacks
NDTV··3 Aug
National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah said scrapping Article 370 has not ended terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded restoration of statehood, days after two terror attacks in south Kashmir killed migrant labourers. The BJP and PDP criticised him for linking the attacks to the statehood demand, with PDP's Iltija Mufti calling it an illogical conspiracy theory.
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What It Means For You
- Residents of Jammu and Kashmir following statehood politics get a clearer picture of how recent terror attacks are shaping the debate among rival parties.
- Anyone tracking migrant worker safety in Kashmir sees this statehood dispute unfolding against the backdrop of attacks that killed labourers from outside the region.
- People following Centre-state relations in J-K gain context on how opposition and ruling parties frame security incidents differently for political ends.
What's Happening
- Farooq Abdullah said scrapping Article 370 has not ended terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded restoration of statehood, days after two terror attacks killed migrant labourers.
- The BJP and PDP criticised him for linking the attacks to the statehood demand, with PDP's Iltija Mufti calling the comments illogical conspiracy theories.
- Abdullah separately raised concerns about human rights in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and asked the United Nations to send a fact-finding mission there.
A Shift From The Post-Pahalgam Position
- After the Pahalgam attack that killed 25 tourists and a local resident, Omar Abdullah had said he would never use the tragedy to seek statehood restoration.
- Following more recent attacks on migrant labourers, National Conference leaders protested in Delhi for statehood, a shift from their stance after Pahalgam.
- Hundreds of detentions have followed the recent south Kashmir attacks as part of the ongoing security crackdown in the region.
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