Pointing to the Jammu and Kashmir connection in the Red Fort blast case, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that the presence of elements of radicalisation and terrorism in the Valley reflects that the removal of its special status in 2019 "had no bearing on their existence."

"Every time an attack happens, it should be a cause for worry and concern, because these sorts of things were supposed to be part of our past," Abdullah told India Today TV.

Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi government, Abdullah said that the terror incidents near Delhi’s Red Fort and Pahalgam earlier this year indicates that the Centre’s objective of eliminating terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir by revoking its special status has failed.

"We were told that it was Jammu and Kashmir's special status that w

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