"Delhi Never Trusted Kashmir": Farooq Abdullah To NDTV Ahead Of J&K Polls
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Farooq Abdullah said he hopes Jammu and Kashmir will get its statehood back
Jammu and Kashmir suffered because Delhi never trusted the people of Kashmir, former Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah told NDTV in an exclusive interview days ahead of the key polls in the Union Territory.
This would be the first election in Jammu and Kashmir after the Centre revoked its special status under Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union Territories.
Mr Abdullah has watched the political developments in Kashmir for over seven decades now. His father Sheikh Abdullah was Jammu and Kashmir's first Prime Minister before he was arrested in August 1953. Over the years, Farooq Abdullah handled the job before his son Omar Abdullah took over. Asked how he sums up all he has watched over the years, the 87-year-old veteran replied, "Delhi has never trusted whoever is in power here, they have always tried to dominate, not thinking of the aspirations of the people, but aspirations of the leaders in Delhi. That's what the state has suffered.
