Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the Pahalgam attack has undone years of work both in terms of economy and diplomacy. It has given a jolt to the state’s tourism — which had recovered after a long time — and allowed Pakistan to flag Kashmir in the international community again.
“We are in a place where We didn’t expect to be. We are in a place where there has been Bloodshed suffering. Turmoil upheaval… Everything has changed. And yet in some ways nothing has,” Mr Abdullah has told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
Asked how has the change translated, he said at this time of the year, “We should have been full with tourists, booming economy, children should have been at school, airports should have been functioning with 50-60 flights a day”.
But now, the Valley is empty, schools had to be closed, the airport and airspace are closed.
“Yet when I say nothing has changed — Pakistan has, by design, unfortunately again, managed to internationalise the question of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said. “The US, which seems to be keen to inject itself in the role of a moderator, interlocutor,” he added.
