{"id":170403,"date":"2025-03-07T11:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=170403"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:22:52","slug":"farooq-abdullah-criticises-bjp-regime-in-up-for-changing-names-of-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/03\/07\/farooq-abdullah-criticises-bjp-regime-in-up-for-changing-names-of-places.html","title":{"rendered":"Farooq Abdullah criticises BJP regime in UP for changing names of places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170404\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/download-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>Jammu: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has said that an improvement in the Pakistan-India ties will be better for occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Farooq Abdullah talking to reporters in Jammu, while replying to a question on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar\u2019s remarks on Azad Jammu and Kashmir, said, \u201cIf relations between the two countries improve, it is a good thing for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a session at the Chatham House think tank in London on Wednesday, Jaishankar said the Kashmir dispute would be solved after the \u201creturn of the stolen part\u201d that is under \u201cillegal Pakistani occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farooq Abdullah criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime in Uttar Pradesh for changing names of places and said this would not erase Mughal history.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Aurangzeb, Farooq Abdullah said that the BJP government is trying to erase the Mughal legacy, but history cannot be altered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey cannot change history\u2026. They want to erase the legacy of the Mughals,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe Mughals ruled here for hundreds of years and are also buried here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government has renamed several places, arguing that it is a step towards restoring India\u2019s cultural heritage. However, opposition leaders claim that it is an attempt to rewrite history for political gains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has said that an improvement in the Pakistan-India ties will be better for occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, Farooq Abdullah talking to reporters in Jammu, while replying to a question on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar\u2019s remarks on Azad Jammu and Kashmir, said, \u201cIf relations &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/download-11.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170405,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170403\/revisions\/170405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}