Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister agreed the centre broke promises on issues that formed the state’s accession to India, saying they have been “dishonest with the people of Jammu and Kashmir”.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said any initiative that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may take to resolve the current crisis in the Valley could calm tempers but if it is not followed up then it becomes difficult to sort out.
He agreed with former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s views that the centre had broken promises on issues that formed the state’s accession to India, saying they have been “dishonest with the people of Jammu and Kashmir”.
“It will help. It will definitely calm tempers but there will be far more suspicion today than a few years ago. Because if it is not followed through, every time a problem like this arises, then it becomes more difficult to bring an end to it,” he told Karan Thapar on India Today TV.
He was replying to a question whether a grand initiative by the Prime Minister could normalise the situation in the Valley.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived on Saturday morning on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to take stock of the prevailing law and order situation in the Valley. A special BSF plane carrying the minister landed at the technical area of the Srinagar International Airport at 11.45 am.
A team of senior home ministry officials and Directors-General (DGs) of central paramilitary forces accompanied Rajnath Singh during his visit.
He is scheduled to meet a number of local delegations, including representatives of various political parties, civil society members and traders on Saturday at the Nehru Guest House here to discuss the prevailing situation and find a way out of the current logjam.
