Jammu, Mar 7 (Reporter) Reacting to the statement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address at the Srinagar rally, National Conference president and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that there has been no dynastic rule in India since Independence. PM Modi addressing the rally at Srinagar said that Jammu and Kashmir has been a huge victim of ‘Parivarvad’. “As far as this dynastic rule is a sort of a common voice I hear in the Parliament all the time and every speech the Prime Minister makes and there is a particular target to this thing,” Abdulla here told a group of selected media persons. He said, “Dynastic rule was like the Maharaja’s had in which when the Maharaja died and his son took over and then his grandson took over, that was dynastic rule.” “But, there has been no dynastic rule in India since independence,” said Abdullah. He said, “I am glad that the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi came to Kashmir after five years. It is a great pride of moment for all of us that the Prime Minister was able to come and that also in the winter.” On abrogation of Article 370, he said, “if 370 was this bad I would like Prime Minister to rehear the speech made in the Rajya Sabha by then Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad in which he compared two states.” One is Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, he said adding, “Article 370 was there and in that he proved with figures of the progress of the state made in comparison with Gujarat.” He said, “if really 370 and the family was responsible then how did we make this progress. You can be elected by the people. You are not coming from the top, if people don’t want you.” “I lost the election as Chief Minister as the people rejected me that time. So where is the dynastic rule,” said the NC leader...////...