Srinagar, April 18 -- Former J&K chief minister and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah won't attend former Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) chief AS Dulat's book launch, his daughter Safiya Abdullah Khan has confirmed.

The book, "The Chief Minister and The Spy", scheduled to be released today (on Friday) in New Delhi, had triggered a political storm over the author's claims that in 2019, when Delhi revoked Kashmir's autonomy under Article 370, Abdullah had publicly condemned the move as a "betrayal" but privately, he backed it.

Earlier on Thursday, Abdullah's son and J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah had told reporters in Jammu that Dulat shouldn't expect his father's presence at the launch given the controversy.

On Friday...