National Conference leader Omar Abdullah says in a new book that Jammu & Kashmir does not have a future outside of its relationship with India.
“Jammu & Kashmir is an integral part of India. As much as I would like to say that my detention and the circumstances of the 5th of August have caused me to shift my thinking on that, it hasn’t.
“Because the position I’ve taken takes into account all sorts of factors, and I do not believe that Jammu & Kashmir has a future for itself outside of its relationship with India,” Abdullah said in an interview to the authors, Pradeep Chhibber and Harsh Shah.
Omar said he will neither be “Indian enough for extreme right-wing nationalist politicians” nor “Kashmiri enough for those who don’t see Kashmir’s future as part of India.”
It is therefore best to be true to oneself, Abdullah said in the recently launched “India Tomorrow: Conversations with the Next Generation of Political Leaders.”