Farooq''s statement makes it clear NC had role in Kashmir unrest: Mehbooba

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, December 6 

J-K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday hit out at NC leader and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah who offered a partnership to the separatist leadership, saying it has made clear that National Conference had a role in the Kashmir unrest.  

“The statement telling his party workers to lend full support to Hurriyat makes it clear one thing which we did not mention till now that NC can go to any extent for power,”  Mehbooba told reporters on the sidelines of a function. 

She claimed that Farooq Abdullah has again directed his workers to not let the situation improve. 

“In the last four-five months, criminal elements pelted stones on vehicles, burnt schools and attacked camps. Abdullah’s statement makes it clear that the NC was involved in such activities and when the situation is improving, he has directed his party workers to keep the atmosphere charged in the state,” she said.

Mehbooba said the NC was only concerned for power. 

“.. He (Farooq Abdullah) used to say that Hurriyat leaders should be thrown into Jhelum. Today he is talking about something else. It again makes it clear that NC will play with the lives of anyone including children and women for power,” she said.

On Monday, Farooq had said his party was ready to follow the separatists “till they are on the right path and were leading the nation in the right direction”.