NDA-BJP govts responsible for state of affairs in J-K: Cong

The Congress Friday hit back at Home Minister Amit Shah for blaming former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the political problems in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the NDA-BJP government was responsible for the state of affairs there.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said delving into history and selective blaming, finger pointing is not going to take the government anywhere in terms of how to tackle and resolve the problem in Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier in the day, Shah said in the Lok Sabha that Nehru was
Hitting back, Tewari said, "The Home minister failed to take responsibility which lies squarely at his door or the door of the NDA-BJP government. If the situation has come to such a pass in Jammu and Kashmir, it was the policies of the central government and their (BJP) alliance with the PDP which was responsible."
"Today one-third of Kashmir is not with us. Who announced ceasefire when Pakistan encroached in Kashmir after independence and occupied one-third of its territory?