K-ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED IF NEHRU HAD NOT DIED: FAROOQ ABDULLAH
Srinagar: Jan 28 (Only Kashmir): The Kashmir issue would have been resolved between India and Pakistan had the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru not died in May, 1964, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Union minister Farooq Abdullah said today.
"...When we were hopeful that the Kashmir issues will be resolved...Jawahar Lal Nehruhad decided that we will meet in June. But he died on May 27. Otherwise, with a powerful leader here and a powerful leader there - Field Marshall Ayub Khan - the issue will be resolved," he said.
The National Conference leader said he hoped that the issue will be settled in his lifetime.
Abdullah was speaking at the launch of a picture book 'Nehru's Kashmir' by late photo journalist Sati Sahni here.
Speaking on the occasion, Congress leasder Karan Singh lamented that the historice Lal Chowk was in news today "for all the wrong reasons". He was apparently referring to the stand off between the Jammu and Kashmir government and the BJP over hoisting of national flag there.
He dubbed as "actue tragedy" that the area once crowded with people has now become a centre of "tension and confrontation".
"...When we were hopeful that the Kashmir issues will be resolved...Jawahar Lal Nehruhad decided that we will meet in June. But he died on May 27. Otherwise, with a powerful leader here and a powerful leader there - Field Marshall Ayub Khan - the issue will be resolved," he said.
The National Conference leader said he hoped that the issue will be settled in his lifetime.
Abdullah was speaking at the launch of a picture book 'Nehru's Kashmir' by late photo journalist Sati Sahni here.
Speaking on the occasion, Congress leasder Karan Singh lamented that the historice Lal Chowk was in news today "for all the wrong reasons". He was apparently referring to the stand off between the Jammu and Kashmir government and the BJP over hoisting of national flag there.
He dubbed as "actue tragedy" that the area once crowded with people has now become a centre of "tension and confrontation".
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