Srinagar
\nNational Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday alleged that the father of BJP ally Sajad Lone, Abdul Gani Lone, had been instrumental in initiating militancy in the state.<\/p>\n
Farooq, who has served as the state\u2019s Chief Minister three times, said Sajad\u2019s father had met him when his government was dismissed in January 1990. \u201cWhen I was dismissed, his father met me and said he was going to Pakistan and bring the gun. I begged him not to bring the gun,\u201d Farooq said.<\/p>\n
The former Chief Minister said he pleaded before Lone that it would bring miseries for Kashmiris. \u201cI told him don\u2019t do this but he brought the gun,\u201d Farooq told reporters on the sidelines of a party function in north Kashmir\u2019s Baramulla district.<\/p>\n
Lone was a senior separatist leader and also the chairman of the Hurriyat Conference. He was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, suspected to be militants, in 2002. One of Lone\u2019s son, Bilal, is a member of the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference and his other son, Sajad, is a mainstream politician and a close ally of the BJP.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a function in Baramulla, Farooq had earlier urged governments of India and Pakistan \u201cto replicate the spirit of the Kartarpur corridor in the state of Jammu and Kashmir by opening all routes along LoC and international border that have become vestigial post Partition\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI urge the governments of India and Pakistan to open the traditional routes between the two countries. This initiative will not only help boost the economic activities on both sides of the border but will also help rekindle the flame of friendship between India and Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were obligated to shore up the alliance with the PDP and INC following relentless and unfailing attacks on our special position by those who are inimical to the special status of our state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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