…the press and the Opposition were taken in by the double talk or were influenced by extremely narrow political considerations. None showed the courage to call a spade a spade…
Tailpiece: Jagmohan's famous book also says, on page 140, that 'Till 1975 when the NC was out of power, Dr Farooq Abdullah kept company with Amanullah Khan,' the chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, and that 'he went to the extent of saying "For independence of Kashmir every child would give his blood.' " One hadn't heard of a defamation suit on this subject --- not even when the doctor in the house is being touted for the seat of the nation's vice-president.