Srinagar: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani's autobiography My Country, My People has stirred up a hornet's nest in Jammu and Kashmir.
Advani, who was the home minister when the regional National Conference passed its autonomy resolution in the state assembly in June 2000, has written that the party patron and the then chief minister Farooq Abdullah was clearly told he would have to walk out of the NDA alliance and power if he chose to stick to his autonomy demand. Advani has also written that the National Conference preferred to be in power rather than pursue the demand with New Delhi.
Reacting angrily to Advani's assertions, Abdullah said here: Source : IANS