Srinagar, July 27 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said PDP president Mehbooba Mufti should have apologised for her controversial remarks at Delhi's Jantar Mantar instead of allowing party leaders to dismiss it as an AI-generated video.
Reacting to the row triggered by Mehbooba's comments on police action against protesters in Delhi and Kashmir, Omar said her remarks appeared to justify the denial of rights to people in Jammu and Kashmir because of militancy.
"She didn't go to Jantar Mantar for Jammu and Kashmir. Whatever was said there-about the use of force, arrests and all these things-was justified by saying that because there is militancy in Kashmir, 'Yahan banta hai' (it is acceptable here). In what way is...