Srinagar, Aug. 15 -- Political leaders in Kashmir have strongly reacted to the Supreme Court observation that while determining statehood for J&K, the incidents like Pahalgam can't be undermined.

Former J&K chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said that when J&K was a state and he was chief minister, such attacks took place then as well.

"Terror attacks occurred even when J&K had statehood. When such incidents happened in the past we dealt with it strongly. The real issue is our strained ties with neighbouring countries, as the terrorists come from there. People now look to the Supreme Court to restore our rights," Farooq said in Srinagar.

While hearing the plea on statehood restoration, the Supreme Court be...