Omar slams J&K resolution critics
Under attack for the resolution passed by the J& K Legislative Council on resumption of the Indo- Pak dialogue, chief minister Omar Abdullah said legislators voice the sentiment of the people who elect them.
Srinagar, Aug. 30: Under attack for the resolution passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council on resumption of Indo- Pak dialogue, chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said legislators voice the sentiment of the people who elect them.
“We don’t talk here of our own ( will). We talk for the people who we represent here,” Mr Abdullah said in the state Assembly.
“The council passed a resolution for resuming talks and all of us became anti-nationals. If we call for war, we become nationalists and if we call for talks, we become anti- nationals,” he said.
The chief minister said, “If we talk about endangering the lives of our Army personnel by asking them to fight war and make sacrifices, it becomes big evidence of nationalism. If we want resolution of issues through dialogue, it becomes proof of antinationalism.”
“No one among us is antinational. We might have different thinking on different issues. Amongst us, some might talk about revoking Article 370 and some might talk about strengthening it and some might talk about autonomy, but when it comes to the nation, no one among us plays around with it,” he said.
His remarks came against the backdrop of attacks by a section of media which dubbed legislators from the state as anti- nationals for seeking resumption of dialogue with Pakistan.