Farooq Abdullah said that NIA should release separatist leaders so that they can meet HM Rajnath Singh and tell what they want during his forthcoming visit to the state.
NC president and MP Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said all the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir would have to fight together the attempts to abrogate Article 35 A of the Constitution.
National Conference has advised the government to seek the help of its ally BJP and the Centre in Article 35A case.
Omar did not elaborate on the issues discussed by Mehbooba and Abdullah, who is a Lok Sabha member from Srinagar constituency.
A section of the saffron party has criticised the provision asserting that it encourages alienation, deepens the concept of a separate identity and creates a political gap between the state and the rest of India
Farooq Abdullah was reacting to reports that the Mehbooba government was unhappy over NIA’s crackdown against separatists and had even tried blocking their transportation from Srinagar airport to Delhi earlier this week.
A day after Farooq Abdullah suggested third-party mediation to resolve the Kashmir issue, a high-level policy-planning group of the Congress for Jammu and Kashmir today rejected the proposal, saying the issue needs to be settled only bilaterally.
Earlier this week, China, the all-weather ally of Pakistan, had said that it was ‘willing to play a constructive role in improving relations between India and Pakistan’.
The former Chief Minister also alleged that the BJP and the PDP have nothing to do with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Terrorists yesterday killed seven Amarnath pilgrims, including six women, and injured 19 others as they fired at a bus in Kashmir's Anantnag district.
The National Conference chief, who was recently called to New Delhi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a discussion on Kashmir, said Modi wanted a "peaceful end" to the situation in the state, reeling under unrest for months.
The National Conference today said that it will not celebrate the victory of former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in view of the deaths that occurred on the day of balloting.
NC candidate and former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is leading over the ruling PDP candidate Nazir Khan by 986 votes from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency for which by-elections were held on April 9.
Farooq Abdullah today said that the stone pelters of Kashmir are just fighting for their nation and they have nothing to do with tourism.
Farroq Abdullah on Sunday said that things would not improve in the Kashmir Valley unless the central government takes a political initiative to resolve the long-standing issue.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has warned the central government against using excessive force in the state and said that dialogue must be initiated with Pakistan to bring peace and stability in the region.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today stirred a fresh controversy by saying that the new generation of Kashmiri militants were fighting for "freedom"
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