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Farooq Abdullah said the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in the 1990s did not happen under his tenure as J&K CM, but his “hua to hua” remark was sharply criticised by the BJP.
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah. (Image: PTI/File)
National Conference chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah stoked a row on Friday, after he said that the gruesome killings and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 did not happen under his tenure, but if it did, “so be it”.
“I resigned in protest against Jagmohan being appointed as Governor. Had I known what was going to happen on the 19th (January), I would have informed the Government of India. I resigned after warning the government about the violence. You’re putting all the blame on me. You want to hold me responsible for the genocide. Even we lost 1,500 people in that massacre,” he said in an interview with News18 India.
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Srinagar, India, India
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