Srinagar, April 16 -- Srinagar- A controversial claim by former RAW chief A S Dulat has stirred political waters in Jammu and Kashmir, putting the National Conference (NC) on the defensive and prompting sharp reactions from regional political rivals. In his new book 'The Chief Minister and the Spy,' Dulat suggests that former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah was "willing to work with Delhi" following the abrogation of Article 370 - a constitutional provision that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

While the NC has strongly refuted the assertion, calling it "a figment of fiction," the timing and source of the claim have given fresh ammunition to parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Peoples Conference (PC) to questi...