J&K CM Omar Abdullah heaped praises on former PM Vajpayee’s obituary references in J&K Legislative Assembly
According to sources chief minister Omar Abdullah on tuesday said had the ruling bjp at the Centre adopted former prime minister A B Vajpayee’s approach, kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">jammu and kashmir would not have been in the current situation. Speaking during obituary references in J-K Legislative Assembly, Abdullah heaped praises on the former prime minister, saying Vajpayee “always tried to improve the situation in J-K". When Vajpayee went to pakistan in 1999 on the maiden Delhi-Lahore bus, he had visited Minar-e-Pakistan which “was not easy to do", the chief minister said.Meanwhile Abdullah, the leader of the house, added “Then he stood at the data-border and said we can change friends but not the neighbours. Vajpayee said dialogue was the only way out. He repeatedly extended hand of friendship despite facing setbacks". He said “I have known him (Vajpayee) and worked with him as a minister in his council. When we remember Vajpayee, we remember him with reference to J-K. He always tried to improve the situation in J-K, he tried to ease the tension".Furthermore “He worked to open the cross-LoC routes which were later closed again. He wanted to bring people across closer. He tried to bring the civil society added. The chief minister said had Vajpayee’s approach been adopted, kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">jammu and kashmir would not have been “in the situation it is in". The chief minister said all the 56 persons named in the obituary list have done something in serving the people and “we should go through their biographies so that we can learn from them". After his speech, the house observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed souls.