National Conferance Chairman and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah has snubbed Pakistan for hailing the recent Gupkar Declaration. Talking to PIT news agency Abdullah accused ,Pakistan has always abused mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir but now suddenly they like us.He asserted that 'we are not anyone's puppets, neither New Delhi's nor of anyone across the border. We are answerable to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and will work for them',
Dr Abdullah urge Pakistan to stop sending armed men into Kashmir. We want an end to the bloodshed in our state. All political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are committed to fight for our rights peacefully, including for what was unconstitutionally snatched away from us on August 5 last year. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said that the Gupkar Declaration issued by the NC, PDP, Congress and three other parties was "not an ordinary occurrence but an important development".
In a declaration issued on August 22, six prominent mainstream political parties came together for restoration of Article 370 and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir after describing as "unconstitutional" steps approved by Parliament last year to end the erstwhile state's special status and slice it into two union territories.
