In his forthcoming ebook ‘The Chief Minister and the Spy’, Mr. Dulat has stated that although Mr. Abdullah publicly condemned the abrogation of Article 370 by the Centre in August 2019, he privately struck a distinct word and requested him, “We might have helped (move the proposal). Why have been we not taken into confidence?”

The previous R&AW chief’s startling revelation has stirred up a hornet’s nest in Jammu and J&Ok and past with the opposition events and leaders ripping into Mr. Abdullah and his occasion accusing them of betraying the folks of the erstwhile state. Mr. Abdullah has not reacted to Mr. Dulat’s declare, thus far, however the NC which has been caught on the backfoot has termed it as “a chunk fiction”.

Mr. Dulat additionally writes in his ebook that, days earlier than J&Ok was stripped of its particular standing envisaged in Article 370 and cut up up into two Union territories, Mr. Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and “What transpired…no one will ever know” and that after the abrogation, Abdullah was detained for seven months. He says that, throughout this era, the Centre discreetly probed his stance and “wished him to just accept the brand new actuality.”

The Abdullahs political bête noire rapidly took to the social media platforms to berate them. Folks’s Democratic Social gathering (PDP) chief Iltija Mufti wrote on ‘X’, “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have been already doubts about what transpired between the Abdullahs & PM days earlier than J&Ks particular standing was revoked”. She added, “With this it’s clear that Farooq Sahab selected to remain in Kashmir as a substitute of the Parliament to assist normalise gutting of J&Ks structure & subsequent betrayal.”

Her occasion lawmaker Waheed Ur Rehman Parra stated that Mr. Dulat’s revelations “rip off the final remaining masks”. He stated, “The fiery speeches, the staged outrage, the fastidiously crafted picture of ‘combating the BJP’ – it was all theatre. A efficiency designed to mislead the folks of J&Ok into believing that the NC was standing guard over their rights”.

He added, “In reality, they have been complicit – quiet facilitators of our disempowerment…The reality is harsh however plain: era after era, the NC has constructed its political fortunes on the again of our dispossession. Dulat’s disclosure isn’t a shock – it’s affirmation. A mirror held as much as a long time of hypocrisy, opportunism, and ethical collapse”

J&Ok Folks’s Convention chairman and MLA Sajad Gani Lone stated that coming from Mr. Dulat, makes this revelation very credible. “Dulat Sahab is the closest ally of and pal of Farooq Sahab. Nearly his alter ego. By the way Dulat Sahib is the famed Uncle of the notorious Uncles and Aunties Brigade of Delhi. After all, NC will deny it. Name it yet one more conspiracy towards NC,” he stated in a publish on ‘X’.

Mr. Lone additionally stated that he personally isn’t shocked at this revelation. “The August 4 2019 assembly of CM Sahab and Farooq Sahab with the PM was by no means a thriller for me. I can visualise Farooq Sahab saying — Humey roney deejiye— Aap apna kaam karein— hum aap kay Saath hain (let’s moan- you do your work-we’re with you) —- It now appears 2024 was a prize for companies rendered in 2019. After all, in nationwide curiosity.”

Many individuals on Wednesday additionally took to social media platforms to criticise the Abdullahs. One in every of them Meer Faizan stated, “As a Kashmiri, I by no means really trusted the Abdullah household. Their historical past isn’t one among sacrifice for the folks—it’s one among strategic survival, typically at the price of Kashmiri aspirations”. Nevertheless, many others accused Mr. Dulat of concocting tales to remain related.

Farooq Abdullah’s daughter Safia Abdullah Khan alleged that Mr. Dulat has tried to play with the reality in his ebook. She wrote on ‘X’, “I’ve by no means trusted Dulat so far as I may throw him. He was at all times a spy whose loyalty was solely to himself. He by no means cared who he threw beneath the bus along with his earlier books. I’ve learn this ebook, and he has performed quick and free with the reality as soon as once more.” Replying to her publish, NC social media and digital platforms in-charge Ifra Jan stated, “Actually how determined can an individual be to remain related.”

The NC chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq rejected Mr. Dulat’s claims and that stated these have been contradictory and aimed toward creating controversy. “If you happen to take a look at the ebook and what he writes in it, he contradicts his personal phrases. He writes that the Authorities of India waited for seven months to see Farooq Abdullah Sahab’s response when he was in custody. If that was the case, then why did he promote the PAGD (Folks’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration) after popping out?” he was quoted as saying by native information company KNO.