Srinagar, Nov. 2 -- PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday launched a sharp attack on the National Conference (NC), holding its founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah responsible for sowing mistrust between Kashmiris and the rest of the country, and said peace would remain elusive in Jammu and Kashmir as long as the NC stays in power.
Addressing party workers on the PDP's Foundation Day, she accused the NC of shifting its stand on Kashmir to suit its pursuit of power.
"The National Conference laid the foundation of this suspicion through its politics," she said.
Mehbooba asked why India does not trust Kashmiris, and why Kashmiris do not trust India, pointing to the deployment of nearly 10 lakh security personnel in the region.
She noted that ...