People of J&K headed towards poverty, says Ghulam Nabi Azad, compares govt to 'Maharaja'

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, while referring to Maharaja Hari Singh, said on Saturday, "We see the maharaja who used to be called a dictator was much better than the present government."

There has been a slump in business and developmental activities in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two and a half years and people are heading towards poverty, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said here. Today's Public meeting at Gool, J & K pic.twitter.com/Kd9gzZFofs

In a veiled attack at the BJP, Azad said the autocratic rule of the maharajas was far better than the current dispensation, which stopped the traditional practice of the biannual 'Darbar Move'.