‘Might Have Handed In J-Ok Meeting’: Ex-RAW Chief Dulat On Farooq Abdullah’s Article 370 Stand – News18
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Amarjit Singh Dulat mentioned that two days earlier than the abrogation was introduced, NC leaders Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Hasnain Masoodi had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.
Former RAW chief AS Dulat and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah (Photograph: ANI)
Because the political storm grew over the mentions regarding Nationwide Convention (NC) patron Farooq Abdullah in a brand new guide titled ‘The Chief Minister and the Spy’, former RAW chief Amarjit Singh Dulat made one other surprising revelation saying Farooq Abdullah had advised him that he might have “helped” move the Article 370 abrogation proposal within the J-Ok Meeting if the Centre had taken him into confidence.
Whereas talking to information company ANI, the previous RAW chief mentioned that two days earlier than the abrogation was introduced, NC leaders Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Hasnain Masoodi had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.
“I requested Dr Sahab (Farooq Abdullah) and Omar Abdullah, however they mentioned they knew nothing… Dr Sahab mentioned to me, ‘even when they (Centre) wished to do that (abrogate Article 370), they need to have taken me into confidence. Why did they home arrest us? We might have handed it within the Meeting if wanted,” Dulat advised the information company.
#WATCH | Delhi: On his guide on JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah’s stand on Article 370, former R&AW Chief Amarjit Singh Dulat says, “…Two days earlier than the abrogation was introduced, on August 3, Dr Sahab, Omar Abdullah and their MP Justice Masoodi, they met the PM… I requested Dr Sahab… pic.twitter.com/M6sbiA3Fz0— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2025
Dulat, a former IPS officer, who served each the Intelligence Bureau and RAW and has lengthy expertise of working in and on Kashmir, mentioned that Abdullah disclosed the main points after the Centre engaged him to speak to the NC chief whereas he was beneath home arrest.
“Nobody in Kashmir supported the abrogation… The matter was taken to the Supreme Courtroom… Why was a lot power deployed? Complete Kashmir was shut down…’ Nobody might have been in assist of the abrogation, however the NC or another Kashmiri would say that there may very well be extra methods…” he added.
An enormous political storm grew on Wednesday after studies claimed that Dulat’s guide talked about that Farooq Abdullah privately backed the Centre’s transfer regarding Article 370. Nevertheless, Dulat rejected the declare and mentioned he’s misquoted. “Completely misquoted. Nothing like this occurred.”
He additional mentioned that his guide is an appreciation and never a critique of the previous Chief Minister.
In the meantime, Farooq Abdullah strongly refuted the claims and known as it a “low cost stunt” to spice up the gross sales of the highest spy’s forthcoming memoir, set to launch on April 18. The 87-year-old president of the get together mentioned this was a “figment of creativeness” of the creator, insisting that each he and his son Omar Abdullah have been detained for months on the time of the abrogation in August 2019 exactly as a result of their opposition to the transfer was well-known.
On August 5, 2019, the BJP-led central authorities revoked J&Ok’s particular standing and divided it into two Union territories. After the legislation was handed in Parliament, Kashmir was positioned beneath a safety lockdown that lasted a number of weeks. A number of distinguished leaders, together with the Abdullahs and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, have been positioned beneath home arrest.
