SRINAGAR, July 16:
Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today said people involved in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam will be brought to justice.
“The investigation into the scam is going on and whosoever is the culprit will be punished,” Abdullah told reporters here after inaugurating a cricket tournament.
He admitted that the investigations were slow in the case but assured that everyone involved in the scam will be exposed and brought to book.
“Since money has come into JKCA, the situation has gone bad…Everyone wants a share of the pie but everyone will be exposed,” he said.
A multi-crore embezzlement scam was unearthed in the J&K Cricket Association earlier this year. Besides, an in-house inquiry, police is also investigating the case.
Farooq agreed with US President Barack Obama that only India and Pakistan should resolve the long-standing issue of Kashmir.
“What Obama has said, we knew it right from the beginning…If Kashmir issue is to be resolved, it has to be done by India and Pakistan,” Abdullah said.
He said the Centre has always maintained that Kashmir is a bilateral issue between New Delhi and Islamabad and hence needs to be addressed by the two countries.
The National Conference President, however, expressed disappointment over the delay in resolving the issue.
Ruling out any solution from “outside” to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, Obama had yesterday underlined that disputes between India and Pakistan can only be resolved by the two countries themselves.
On remarks by the US president about the investment climate in India, Abdullah said Washington wanted New Delhi to open up its insurance and banking sectors for FDI.
“We have some compulsions as India has a coalition government. Some coalition partners do not want these sectors to be opened up for FDI as it will affect their vote bank,” he said, lamenting that the parties do not understand that investments were key to India’s progress.
“The Prime Minister will have to take harsh steps that will be beneficial for India’s progress in the long run,” he added. (PTI)
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