PANAJI: Satya Pal Malik, the last Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday said no untoward incident has happened there ever since the abrogation of provisions of Article 370.
Malik, who was earlier this month sworn-in as the Governor of Goa, said he still had a “hangover” of Kashmir.
Quoting the song ‘Ke aaj hum apni duaon ke asar dekhenge’ from the Meena Kumari classic “Pakeezah”, he said the last line was relevant for him when he was in Kashmir.
“‘Aaj ki raat bachenge to sehar dekhenge’. There were so many dangers… After I reached, panchayat elections were held there after a gap of 17 years. All the parties boycotted, Hurriyat boycotted, terrorists threatened that we’ll kill all the candidates.
“You’ll be happy to know that 4,000 people were chosen and there was no casualty, not even of a bird. This was an extraordinary event in the history of Kashmir.”
Malik was speaking at the closing ceremony of International Film Festival of India. (AGENCIES)
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