Farooq Abdullah questions security lapses in Pahalgam attack
June 22, 2025National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has vehemently criticized the Indian government’s claims of neutralizing militancy in Indian illegally Jammu and Kashmir, pointing to the April 22 Pahalgam attack as evidence of glaring security failures.
Talking to reporters after a meeting of the party workers in Kokernag area of south Kashmir district, Abdullah highlighted how the attackers infiltrated the heavily guarded Baisaran meadow—a tourist hot spot—despite the presence of thousands of forces personnel, drones, and surveillance systems. “New Delhi said militancy was over, so where did these attackers come from?” Abdullah asked.
Meanwhile, Farooq Abdullah has said that his party would move the Indian Supreme Court against the inordinate delay in the restoration of statehood to Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “After the elections, people wanted their issues to be resolved immediately, but delay in statehood restoration is stopping us.”
BJP-led Modi government “has many demands like they want National Conference MLA Altaf Kaloo to become a minister, but how is this possible till statehood is restored”.
“We are waiting, but if they (New Delhi) take a long time then we will have no option but to go to the Supreme Court,” said Abdullah.
