'No follow-up results' after meeting with PM Modi: Farooq Abdullah
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A month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to mainstream leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said on July 25 that there has been "no fo
A month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to mainstream leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said on July 25 that there has been "no follow-up results" on the ground. Mr. Adbullah said this in reference to the Prime Minister's remarks at the June 24 meeting in New Delhi that he wanted to win the hearts of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and remove "Dilli ki doori" (the distance from Delhi) and "dil ki doori" (distance between hearts). "That was a welcome statement but there is no effort on the ground to win the hearts of the people. People continue to be locked up and dissent is not tolerated. We want to see the change on the ground, a visible effort to win back the people who went through the trauma of their state being dismembered, its special status removed in one sudden blow," the three-time former chief minister told PTI here.More Related News