Srinagar, April 19 -- Former J&K chief minister and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah skipped former Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) chief AS Dulat's book launch in Delhi.Earlier in the day, Abdullah's daughter Safiya Abdullah Khan had confirmed that her father won't attend the launch ceremony of the book.

"The Chief Minister and The Spy" was released on Friday. The book 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 ...