Govt’s forced efforts to establish peace in J&K have failed miserably: Farooq

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SRINAGAR: The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is “alarming” and the administration’s “frantic and forced” efforts for establishing a “negative peace” have “failed miserably”, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said here on Wednesday.
Addressing party workers at a daylong block-level meeting in the Hazratbal constituency, Abdullah said the consequences of August 5, 2019 — when the Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated the erstwhile state into Union territories — can only be judged by looking at the depths of “torments faced by the people of Jammu and Kashmir on every front”.
Appreciating the workers for rallying round the party during the most trying times, the NC president asked them to prepare for future challenges.
“We are facing an alarming situation that has arisen out of the August 5, 2019 undemocratic and unconstitutional decisions. The government’s efforts to force peace in Jammu and Kashmir have failed miserably,” he said.