Srinagar, Feb. 26 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah faced backlash for his remark linking separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's CRPF security cover to the improved situation in the union territory after the abrogation of Article 370.

In an interview to a news channel, Abdullah, when asked whether the situation has improved after the 2019 decision revoking Article 370, said that separatist politics has decreased so the situation has improved. "Who would deny the fact that separatist politics has dwindled. Had one ever imagined that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq would get CRPF security cover? It would have been beyond my imagination, but the situation has changed. If separatist politics is decreased, the situation will obviously im...