Srinagar, Sept. 18 -- Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Sunil Sharma, on Thursday alleged that the Abdullah family wants statehood for imposing the Public Safety Act (PSA) and open firing on youth.
Speaking to reporters in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, Sharma said people of Jammu and Kashmir are not concerned about the restoration of statehood, and that only the Abdullah family wants it "to bring back their lost kingdom".
"They want to hold the stick, they want the power to impose PSA, they want the authority to fire bullets at the chests of youth - that is the kind of statehood the Abdullah family wants. That is the statehood they are looking for. Otherwise, no one else is concerned about statehood,...