Srinagar, Sept 20 (KNS): Reacting to the statement of Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif that Pakistan and the NC-Congress alliance were on the same page on the restoration of Article 370, National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday that he does not know what Pakistan says.
Speaking to a Delhi based agency, he said, “I don’t know what Pakistan says. I am not a Pakistani; I am an Indian citizen.”
He added that everything would be clear in front of the people on October 8.
“Wait till October 8, everything will be clear. The first thing I will do is bring back the Darbar Move. We have both been caused a loss because of the Darbar Move. People used to go there in the winter in the Darbar Move. There was a relationship between Jammu and Kashmir. In summer, they used to come here to finish the work. You can go and ask the people how much loss they have suffered because of the Darbar Move,” agency quoted him saying.
BJP leader Amit Malviya in a post on X wrote :“Pakistan, a terrorist state, endorses Congress and National Conference’s position on Kashmir.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelPakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, on Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk on Geo News says, “Pakistan and National Conference-Congress alliance are on the same page in Jammu & Kashmir to restore Article 370 and 35A”. How is it that, from Pannun to Pakistan, Rahul Gandhi and his Congress, are always seen on the side of those inimical to India’s interest?”
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said, “The question is what is this relation of Congress party & NC with Pakistan called?… We can see how the Congress Party National Conference and INDIA Alliance are continuously trying to join hands with Pakistan…”
Earlier speaking on Geo News to senior journalist Hamid Mir in a show Capital Talk, the Pakistan Defence Minister had said that demand of National Conference-Congress alliance and Pakistan is same on the restoration of Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan’s Defence Minister also claimed that that Article 370 could return should the NC-Congress alliance come to power in JK.