Defence Minister Parrikar's 'Terrorist-for-Terrorist' Remark Gave Pakistan a Handle: Omar Abdullah to NDTV

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said that the comments made by Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif about Kashmir show that we are at a bad point in India-Pakistan relations. General Sharif had said that  Pakistan and Kashmir are inseparable, and Kashmir is "an unfinished agenda of partition".

Here are the highlights of what Mr Abdullah told NDTV:

• Things have gone downhill since the BJP-PDP government came to power.
• Pakistan's comments on Kashmir show that we are at a bad point in India-Pakistan relations.
• Pakistan must remember Jammu and Kashmir denied plebiscite due to their acts.
• Nawaz Sharif government is ceding space to the Pakistan Army.
• Pakistan is the mothership of terrorism in this region.
• Defence Minister Parrikar's 'terrorist-for-terrorist' remark gave Pakistan a handle.
• Parrikar's comments gave legitimacy to Pakistan's terror claims.
• Mustafa Kamal's views are his alone, the National Conference doesn't subscribe to them.
• Politicizing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's silence but not the attack on mobile towers.
• Pakistani flags are being waved in the valley more frequently now.
• A web of conspiracy theories around the attacks on mobile towers.
• Never heard of Lashkar-e-Islam, separatists have condemned the attacks on mobile towers.
• Was always in favour of a passport for Geelani...the state government had cleared it, Mr Chidambaram was the Home Minister and the government of India had cleared it and he did not want it.
• If he wants a passport now and completes all formalities, I think he should be given a passport.