Srinagar, Nov. 3 -- Accusing the National Conference of being the main player in cultivating mistrust between Delhi and J&K, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that the region's oldest political party frequently shifted its stand on Kashmir.

Addressing a workers' convention here in Srinagar, Mufti said that seventy-nine years ago, India became independent and 79 years ago, Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India.

"That accession was signed by (NC founder) Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. Despite Jammu and Kashmir being a Muslim-majority state, he chose to align with India," she said.

The former chief minister claimed that within a few years of this accession, the NC altered its narrative and began demanding a pl...