'Settle in Pakistan': Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi tells Farooq Abdullah

A senior minister in the Narendra Modi government has asked National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah to "settle" in Pakistan after the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister batted for talks with Islamabad.

Union minister of parliamentary affairs Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday hit out at the NC leader asking him to "settle" in the neighbouring country.

“He has said many times that India should talk to Pakistan. If he likes Pakistan so much, then he should settle there,” Pralhad Joshi said, according to news agency ANI.

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On Monday, Farooq Abdullah asked the government to hold talks with Pakistan and find a way to bring peace in Kashmir, following the terror attack which claimed the lives of three cops in Srinagar.

The NC leader said both India and Pakistan should "shed their egos" and come forward for dialogue, according to news agency PTI.

In a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the NC leader also remarked that India needs a “bold" prime minister who can hold everybody together -- be it Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, or anybody, reported PTI.