Omar Abdullah comments on P Chidambaram row, says Centre must respect conditions of Jammu and Kashmir's accession

Omar Abdullah said that the Central government must respect and restore the conditions on which the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India is based, adding that promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir must be fulfilled Srinagar: National Conference’s Working President Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that the Central government must respect and restore the conditions on which the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India is based. We want to live with honour and dignity,” he said at a convention of NC leaders and delegates in Srinagar, where his father and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah was unanimously re-elected party president. Holding it was heartening to hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi assert that the Kashmir problem would be resolved by embracing the people of the state and not by hurling abuses and insults, he quipped that while the prime minister made that historic speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, perhaps the ministers in Modi’s government were fast asleep as they did not realize the import of the speech. He said while the fund scam for the separatist campaign was being investigated, the Central government must also probe the infusion of funds into the state to erode the base of his party.