Congress is being petty and paranoid over Kashmir

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By preventing senior leaders from attending the launch of Saifuddin Soz’s book on Kashmir, the Congress party, like Pakistan’s Liaquat Ali Khan, has shown it understands neither history nor geography. At this critical moment, a Congress presence would have reaffirmed Nehru’s faith in Kashmir. The party picked paranoia over reassurance.