Srinagar, Aug. 14 -- National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that the demand of statehood cannot merely be singled out as a factor to ascertain whether terror attacks will come to a halt in Jammu and Kashmir.

The remarks were made by the NC Chief after the Supreme Court, while hearing petitions, noted that the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be ignored while granting statehood and said that the events in Pahalgam cannot be overlooked.

Speaking to reporters, Farooq Abdullah said, "Nobody can undermine anything. These (terror attacks) happened even when it was a State. It is not as if just Statehood is responsible for this. This will happen because we do not have good relations with our neighbours. They...