Farooq Abdullah Accused Amit Shah Of Lying

An embattled Farooq Abdullah turned emotional when reporters asked if what Amit Shah said about him in Parliament was true.

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00:00If they want to murder us, we are ready, my chest is ready, fire here, not into my back.

00:09For I stood for this nation, my son is in jail and I do not know how many more poor

00:18people will be in jail.

00:30I forced myself out to talk to you, to tell you, to tell you, to tell you, to tell you,

00:59to tell you that the Home Ministry is lying in the Parliament, that I am not house arrested,

01:07that I am sitting in the house inside of my own will, you think I will stay inside my

01:13house of my own will, while my state is being burnt, while my people are being executed

01:21in the jails, punished in their homes, this is not India that I believe in, my India is

01:31a democratic India, secular India for all, whatever your religion, whatever your region,

01:39soon as the gates will open, my people will be out, we will fight, we will go to the court,

01:45we are not gun runners, we are not grenade throwers, we are not stone throwers, we believe

01:54in peaceful resolution of things, if they want to murder us, we are ready, my chest

02:01is ready, fire here, not into my back, for I stood for this nation, my son is in jail

02:12and I do not know how many more poor people will be in jail, I think this is the price

02:19we will continue to pay, to make India democratic, to make India secular, that in such a Parliament

02:29our Home Minister is lying, this is what I hope.

02:34But why you didn't go to Parliament sir, it was an important, important issue.

02:39How could I go when my doors are locked? You want my security people to be dismissed?

02:44But few days back, you are not feeling well, that's the reason you cannot go.

02:48I am not well, I am not well even today.

02:50Means you are not expecting this kind of a decision?

02:53Nobody expected, you ask anybody.