‘We might Have Helped…’: Farooq Abdullah Backed Centre’s 370 Transfer In Personal, Says Ex-RAW Chief’s Guide – News18

Final Up to date:April 16, 2025, 13:13 IST

In an explosive declare, ex-RAW chief AS Dulat stated in his new guide that Farooq Abdullah might have publicly known as abrogation of Article 370 “betrayal”, nevertheless, he backed the transfer in non-public.

Nationwide Convention chief Farooq Abdullah, in public, has repeatedly voiced his opposition to the abrogation of Article 370 from the Structure that gave a particular standing to Jammu and Kashmir, however in non-public, he backed the Centre’s transfer, former RAW chief AS Dulat has made an explosive declare in his new guide, ‘The Chief Minister and the Spy’.

In his public speeches and media interactions, Abdullah repeatedly known as the Modi authorities’s August 5, 2019, step a “betrayal”; nevertheless, he sang a distinct tune in non-public, in keeping with the guide that has made explosive claims, Hindustan Occasions reported.

Nevertheless, his social gathering has denied the claims, claiming that the “creator needs to make the guide sensational”.

What Did AS Dulat Say About Farooq Abdullah In His Guide?

“We’d have helped (cross the proposal). Why have been we not taken into confidence?” Abdullah requested Dulat, the guide stated.

Abdullah and his son (now the J&Okay Chief Minister) Omar had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi – a gathering which got here days earlier than the Centre’s historic transfer, the secrecy of which was maintained till the final second when the Invoice was introduced within the Parliament.

“What transpired…no person will ever know,” Dulat wrote in his guide.

After the passage of the Invoice, Abdullah was detained for almost seven months. “They (authorities) wished him to simply accept the brand new actuality,” Dulat wrote.

In 2020, when Abdullah was launched from detention, he refused to endorse the federal government’s determination. “No matter I say, I’ll say in Parliament,” the previous J&Okay chief minister informed Dulat.

Abdullah was the one who joined arms with long-time rivals similar to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and cast the Folks’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), to lift voice towards the Centre’s “unilateral” determination and search the restoration of Article 370 and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which was quickly turned to a Union Territory with a promise to offer its statehood again at an applicable time.

Nationwide Convention Denies Claims In Dulat’s Guide

“Dulat contradicts his personal assertion within the guide. Farooq Abdullah took PAGD ahead, and he made it. Wouldn’t have achieved it if it was true,” NC Chief Spokesperson and legislator Tanvir Sadiq stated.

Terming the revelations within the guide a “figment of creativeness, the social gathering spokesperson alleged that Dulat “needs relevance”.

“The claims are ⁠figments of creativeness. The ⁠creator needs relevance and ⁠needs to make the guide sensational,” he stated.

Dismissing the claims, Abdullah’s daughter, Safia Abdullah Khan, stated that she by no means trusted Dulat and he was somebody whose “loyalty was solely to himself”.

“I’ve by no means trusted Dulat so far as I might throw him. He was all the time a spy whose loyalty was solely to himself. He by no means cared who he threw underneath the bus along with his earlier books. I’ve learn this guide and he has performed quick and free with the reality as soon as once more,” she posted on X.

Opposition Slams Farooq Abdullah Over Huge Revelation

J&Okay Folks’s Convention chief Sajad Lone hit out at Abdullah and stated that the claims made by Dulat are “very credible” as he’s the “closest ally” of the previous chief minister.

“Coming from Dullat sahib makes this revelation very credible. Dullat sahib is the closest ally of and good friend of Farooq sahib. Nearly his alter ego,” Lone posted on X.

He stated that he was “not shocked” on the revelation as Abdullah’s assembly with the Prime Minister earlier than the abrogation of Article 370 “was by no means a thriller for me”.

“I personally am not shocked at this revelation. The August 4 2019 assembly of CM sahib and Farooq sahib with the PM was by no means a thriller for me. I can visualise Farooq sahib saying — Humey roney deejiye— Aap apna kaam karein— hum aap kay Saath hain—- It now appears 2024 was a prize for providers rendered in 2019. After all in nationwide curiosity,” he stated, taking a swipe on the Nationwide Convention’s 2024 J&Okay Meeting election victory.

Iltija Mufti Assaults Farooq Abdullah

Coaching weapons at Abdullah over his absence in the course of the passage of the Invoice within the Parliament in 2019, Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija stated that the revelations have made it clear that the NC chief “selected to remain in Kashmir as an alternative of the Parliament” to “assist” the “betrayal” of Jammu and Kashmir.

“Dulat sahab an ardent Abdullah supporter has shared how Farooq sahab agreed with Delhi’s unlawful transfer of abrogating Article 370. There have been already doubts about what transpired between the Abdullahs & PM days earlier than J&Ks particular standing was revoked. With this it’s clear that Farooq sahab selected to remain in Kashmir as an alternative of the Parliament to assist normalise gutting of J&Ks structure & subsequent betrayal,” Mufti posted on X.

Junaid Azim Mattu, Former Mayor of Srinagar, took a swipe at Abdullah and stated, “One thing appears to have fallen out of NC’s bag YET AGAIN and it does appear to be a cat. Commiserations to the susceptible, gullible folks of Kashmir.”