Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday demanded a full-fledged investigation into the alleged NEET paper leak and said the five states “where the leak took place” are governed by the BJP.
MIDLEnow sought the help of the Army and Indian Air Force for transporting the papers.
Abdullah said the five states “where this paper leak took place — Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat — are governed by the BJP”.
“There should be a full-fledged investigation. Those who are involved should be punished because our children are suffering. The children have to sit for the examination again and that too in this heat when the temperature has touched 48 degrees Celsius at some places. God have mercy on us,” he added.
To a question about the encounter in Rajouri district, the National Conference chief asked “When did encounters stop here?”
“There is no other way than dialogue. Today, even the US wants to seek a way out through dialogue,” he said.
When asked with whom the dialogue should take place, Abdullah, the three-time chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, said “With whom we have issues.”
On BJP’s claim that everything is fine in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, Abdullah quipped: “Truly, everything is getting fine.”
“You are seeing what ‘toofan’ (storm) is there… ‘Abhi toh ibtida-e-ishq hai, rota hai kya, aage aage dekh hota hai kya’ (This is the beginning of love, why do you cry; you’ll see what happens as we move forward)” the NC president said.
On the rape and murder of a minor girl in Budgam, Abdullah said people have drifted away from God and have got closer to the devil.
“That is why these things happen… Our faith has weakened, we are now Muslims in name only, not practice. Unless we become Muslims by practice, we will never come out of these miseries. People should remember God, offer Namaz, and read the Quran. That is the only path,” he added.
He also said criticism of the government by the opposition was essential as it helps the government to take right steps.
