India, Oct. 25 -- Ahead of the celebrations of Accession Day in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah stoked a fresh political controversy by saying that Pakistan's continued international advocacy of the Kashmir issue was keeping pressure on New Delhi and helping protect the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

The BJP strongly condemned Abdullah's remarks, suggesting he should go to Pakistan and asserting that he committed treason.

BJP's J&K unit chief Sat Sharma demanded a public apology from the former Chief Minister, and suggested that he should move to Pakistan if he continued making such statements. "The BJP will not tolerate such conduct. He should publicly apologise to the people of India. Otherwise, I would ...