Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah mentioned that the Pahalgam assault has undone years of labor each by way of financial system and diplomacy. It has given a jolt to the state’s tourism — which had recovered after a very long time — and allowed Pakistan to flag Kashmir within the worldwide group once more.
“We’re in a spot the place We did not count on to be. We’re in a spot the place there was Bloodshed struggling. Turmoil upheaval… All the things has modified. And but in some methods nothing has,” Mr Abdullah has instructed NDTV in an unique interview.
Requested how has the change translated, he mentioned presently of the 12 months, “We should always have been full with vacationers, booming financial system, youngsters ought to have been in school, airports ought to have been functioning with 50-60 flights a day”.
However now, the Valley is empty, colleges needed to be closed, the airport and airspace are closed.
“But once I say nothing has modified — Pakistan has, by design, sadly once more, managed to internationalise the query of Jammu and Kashmir,” he mentioned. “The US, which appears to be eager to inject itself within the position of a moderator, interlocutor,” he added.