Neither India nor Pakistan can take Kashmir from each other: Farooq Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah said people who call him 'anti-national' are those who once appreciated him for 'defending the nation in the UN'

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said neither India could take back Pak-occupied-Kashmir nor Pakistan has the power to take this part of Kashmir by going to war, so the solution to the problem lies in dialogue between the two countries.

"We cannot take what is with them with war...What is with them neither can we take it nor they have the power to take this Kashmir from us, so what other way is left?" Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of a function here today.

He said people who call him "anti-national" and making "hue and cry" over his recent statement on PoK are those who once appreciated him for "defending the nation in the United Nations" and if they have guts, (they should) go and fight on the borders.

"They will keep on saying Farooq Abdullah as anti- national, it is upto them what they call, when I defended my nation in the United Nations that time was I not anti- national, even (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee lauded me," he said.

Stressing for resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan, the National Conference chief said resident of Jammu and Kashmir on both sides of the divided line (Line of Control) were suffering due to the cross-border firing.

"They should come and see the problems of the people living on the borders. The people of Jammu and Kashmir are dying. On both sides, it is our people who are dying. What is the solution? There is no solution except dialogue," he said.

Senior Abdullah also took a swipe on India's failure to bring back Masoor Azhar or Dawood Ibrahim, saying we could not bring Masood Azhar or the Don who lives in Karachi what resolutions are you talking of.