Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Abdullah had suggested that India should take the help of "friends" to resolve the Kashmir issue, drawing sharp reactions from the parties.
"Abdullah must stop advancing Pakistan's fake nuclear blackmail. Out of power, Abdullah is speaking the language of separatists and of Pakistan. His flip-flops on Kashmir reek of hypocrisy," BJP spokesperson G V L Narsimha Rao said.
He said Abdullah must tell "his friends" in Pakistan to stop exporting terror and meddling in Kashmir.
"It is being said there should be discussion on Kashmir with China and Pakistan but my opinion is that Kashmir is India and India is Kashmir and this is our internal matter... our internal business and no one should interfere in it," he said.
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"Till Pakistan keeps on funding terrorists, there would be no talks with Pakistan," he said.
Criticising Abdullah's comments, Jammu and Kashmir's Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said, Abdullah is "out of power and frustated".
"What do you mean by third party? What is the stand of the entire country? What is the resolution of Parliament?" he questioned, wondering whether Abdullah wants India to "bend its knees before Pakistan".
"I condemn this. I will ask him to apologise for such comments," he added.
Claiming that dialogue was the only solution for Kashmir, Abdullah had said, "The way out is through dialogue. Use your friends... Use them for dialogue to resolve the issue".
"Till what time should we wait? Should we wait for a thousand years? You have to take the bull by the horns. You have to do it sometimes. They (Pakistan) have atom bomb, so have you. How many people will you kill? This is not the way," he had said.
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