Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said Pakistan is to blame for the sufferings of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and appealed to the youngsters who have taken up arms to shun the path of violence.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said he is not afraid of threats issued to him by any terror outfit.
Addressing a public meeting at Dak Bungalow in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, Azad said, "There are some people across the border who have not been able to set their own country right after the partition, but have taken the pledge of destroying our country and Jammu and Kashmir.
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Responding to the reports of a threat to his life issued by The Resistance Front (TRF) -- an offshoot of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) -- Azad said he is not scared of anyone.
"I am Ghulam-e-Nabi (the slave of the Prophet) and not anyone else's slave. My name is Ghulam Nabi Azad and my thinking is Azad (independent) as well," the former leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha asserted.
He said he does not fear anyone and god has protected him from attacks earlier as well.
"I have been attacked 50 times in Punjab and Kashmir till now. God has saved me and he will save me. But if god takes my life, he will take it along with the life that I have lived on principles and not lies or deceit," Azad said.