<p>Attributing the Kashmir problem to the flawed policy of the Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said its position with regard to &quot;azadi or greater autonomy&quot; for Jammu and Kashmir was against the national interest.</p>

<p>Jaitley was responding to a statement by senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram who said when people of Jammu and Kashmir ask for &quot;azadi&quot;, most of them mean they want greater autonomy.</p>

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<p>&quot;The position that the Congress has taken with regard to azadi or autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir goes directly contrary to India&#39;s national interest.</p>

<p>&quot;It was the flawed policy of the Congress right since 1947 which is responsible for the Kashmir problem,&quot; Jaitley told reporters here.</p>

<p>The Kashmir problem is the Congress&#39;s legacy, he said, adding &quot;now instead of learning from its past mistakes, the Congress wants to precipitate a crisis for this country.&quot;</p>

<p>&quot;I think the Congress is deceiving the whole country, it is deceiving itself and it is encouraging separatism in J&amp;K. It is hurting India&#39;s national interest and this is a very serious issue,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>Dubbing ten years of the UPA Government as a &quot;wasted opportunity on J&amp;K&quot;, Jaitley said &quot;not a single initiative worked and you had a mass civil disobedience in terms of stone-throwing agitation, you had terrorism and terrorists on top, you had normal life being disturbed.&quot;</p>

<p>He said the NDA government in last 3-3.5 years have had considerable difficulty in restablishing the network to tackle this crisis.</p>

<p>&quot;We have succeeded in squeezing the funds for terrorists. The mass protest of stone throwers is by and large over. Intelligence network from village to village has been reestablished, terrorists are on the run and security forces have the upper hand,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>He also asked the Congress to make it clear if Chidambaram&#39;s statement is the official stand of the party.</p>

<p>On the Congress&#39;s view on demonetisation, Jaitley said: &quot;the party never had fighting black money on their agenda and therefore, all anti-black money steps that the NDA government has taken are something which disturbed the Congress.&quot;&nbsp;</p>


Jaitley was responding to a statement by senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram who said when people of Jammu and Kashmir ask for 'azadi', most of them mean they want greater autonomy

Attributing the Kashmir problem to the flawed policy of the Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said its position with regard to "azadi or greater autonomy" for Jammu and Kashmir was against the national interest. Jaitley was responding to a statement by senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram who said when people of Jammu and Kashmir ask for "azadi", most of them mean they want greater autonomy. My interactions in J&K led me to the conclusion that when they ask for 'Azadi', most people want autonomy: P Chidambaram in Rajkot #Gujarat pic.twitter.com/bpiXZixgC4 — ANI (@ANI) October 28, 2017 × Must consider areas to give autonomy to J&K.It'll remain part of India but will have larger powers as promised under Art 370: P Chidamabaram pic.twitter.com/GKynu9jq6z — ANI (@ANI) October 28, 2017 × "The position that the Congress has taken with regard to azadi or autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir goes directly contrary to India's national interest. "It was the flawed policy of the Congress right since 1947 which is responsible for the Kashmir problem," Jaitley told reporters here. The Kashmir problem is the Congress's legacy, he said, adding "now instead of learning from its past mistakes, the Congress wants to precipitate a crisis for this country." "I think the Congress is deceiving the whole country, it is deceiving itself and it is encouraging separatism in J&K. It is hurting India's national interest and this is a very serious issue," he said. Dubbing ten years of the UPA Government as a "wasted opportunity on J&K", Jaitley said "not a single initiative worked and you had a mass civil disobedience in terms of stone-throwing agitation, you had terrorism and terrorists on top, you had normal life being disturbed." He said the NDA government in last 3-3.5 years have had considerable difficulty in restablishing the network to tackle this crisis. "We have succeeded in squeezing the funds for terrorists. The mass protest of stone throwers is by and large over. Intelligence network from village to village has been reestablished, terrorists are on the run and security forces have the upper hand," he said. He also asked the Congress to make it clear if Chidambaram's statement is the official stand of the party. On the Congress's view on demonetisation, Jaitley said: "the party never had fighting black money on their agenda and therefore, all anti-black money steps that the NDA government has taken are something which disturbed the Congress."

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