Ex-J&K CM Farooq Abdullah claims Indian Army and terrorists colluding in region, faces backlash
Farooq Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has courted controversy after claiming that the Indian Army was in cahoots with the terrorists in the region.
Abdullah was addressing his National Conference (NC) workers in the Kishtwar district when he made the remark.
“Despite massive troop deployment on our borders, which could arguably be the largest in the world, terrorists continue to infiltrate into Indian territory. Yeh sab mile hue hain hamari barbadi ke liye (They are colluding to destroy us),” said Abdullah.
“We believed and had faith in them (the establishment) for ten years, but they said one thing and did the other. Our educated children protested and faced batons,” he said, adding that he cannot explain the atrocities inflicted on NC workers.
Abdullah's statement came a day after two Indian Army soldiers and a civilian lost their lives in a gunfight with the Pakistan-sponsored terrorists in the Anantnag district.
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Abdullah criticised
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) slammed Abdullah saying the NC president was famous for "speaking nonsense".
“Farooq Abdullah often makes such statements. He is famous for speaking nonsense and no one takes his statements seriously,” former J&K deputy CM Nirmal Singh was quoted as saying by News 18.
“His insinuations of collusion between our honourable Indian Army and terrorists are not only unfounded but also a grave insult to the brave men and women who sacrifice their lives to protect our nation,” added Kavinder Gupta, senior BJP leader in the Union Territory.
Terrorism in J&K
The terror activities have picked up in the region in the last six months after a relative period of normalcy after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
Last month, the Indian government decided to deploy two battalions of theBorder Security Force (BSF), comprising over 2,000 personnel, from the anti-Naxal operations grid in the eastern state of Odisha to J&K.
The fresh deployment comes in the backdrop of 500 Indian Army Special Forces para-commandos being stationed in Jammu.The deployment is part of the army's tactical and strategic readjustment to counter terrorists.
According to Jammu and Kashmir Police, there are around 70 to 80 active foreign terrorists in the Union Territory and a fresh batch of 25-20 terrorists have recently infiltrated the region.
(With inputs from agencies)