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On the latest controversy over former R&AW chief A S Dulat’s newest e book, Mehbooba Mufti claimed he’s near the Abdullah household and is attempting to convey them near the BJP.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti | File Picture/PTI
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday launched a scathing assault on the Nationwide Convention, claiming that the ruling get together is afraid of speaking about Article 370 and is working the BJP agenda in Jammu and Kashmir.
She requested the individuals to strengthen her get together as “it not only wants to become the voice of the people of J-K but also raise the voice for the oppressed Muslim community in the country”.
The previous chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was in Rajouri, the place she addressed a public gathering in addition to holding a sequence of conferences with get together staff, throughout her first go to to the area after the PDP’s poor efficiency within the Lok Sabha and Meeting elections final yr.
Whereas Mehbooba herself misplaced from the Rajouri-Anantnag parliamentary constituency, solely three PDP candidates efficiently contested the meeting elections.
“As far as the performance of this (NC-led government) is concerned, we do not expect them to do everything in six months, but we regret that some important things like the Waqf bill happened and they failed to live up to people’s expectations,” the PDP chief advised reporters.
She stated her get together hoped that J-Okay, being a Muslim majority area, would move a decision within the meeting to lodge a robust protest in opposition to the Act. “We were left disappointed when (NC president) Farooq Abdullah and his son (chief minister Omar Abdullah) welcomed the Union minister (Kiren Rijiju) who tabled the bill in the (Tulip) garden in Srinagar.” The Nationwide Convention had already clarified that it was an opportunity assembly.
“They talked about 12 free LPG cylinders, 200 free electricity units and one lakh jobs in their election manifesto. We know it takes some time, but there has been no headway in that direction,” Mufti stated, including that there was no distinction between the Lt Governor-led administration and the federal government led by the Nationwide Convention.
She stated roads, water and electrical energy had been additionally being offered by the LG-led administration, with some individuals saying it was achieved “in a better manner”.
“The individuals have excessive hopes with this authorities, which has 50 MLAs and made it clear that it’s going to not go for any sort of confrontation with the centre.
“Omar is silent on the issue of dismissal of government employees, mass arrests, release or at least shifting of prisoners languishing in jails outside J-K or regularisation of daily wagers,” the PDP chief stated.
On the latest controversy over former R&AW chief A S Dulat’s newest e book, Mehbooba Mufti claimed he’s near the Abdullah household and is attempting to convey them near the BJP. “It is a fact that NC and its leadership can ditch anyone for a chair.” “They are afraid of talking about Article 370 and the fact is that they are running a BJP narrative about restoration of statehood. The NC deliberately stalled discussion on various important resolutions and bills which shows its intentions,” she stated.
Mufti stated the PDP held protests all throughout Kashmir in opposition to the Waqf Modification Act and in addition moved to the Supreme Courtroom which had given some type of aid to the Muslims. She expressed the hope that the apex court docket would respect the Muslim sentiments and reject this legislation.
Earlier addressing the gathering, the PDP chief urged the individuals to strengthen her get together.
“Our party not only wants to become the voice of the people of J-K but also to the entire Muslim community in the country,” she stated.
“Gandhi’s India is changing, and the lives of Muslims are being made miserable. It was our responsibility, being the Muslim majority region, to stand up in support of the oppressed Muslims of the country. NC with 50 MLAs was supposed to pass a resolution against the Waqf Amendment Act, but it failed, thus putting a blot on the forehead of Kashmiri Muslims,” she stated.
She alleged that NC had “always betrayed both the people and the central government” since 1947.
The PDP chief additionally accused the NC of breaking the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a conglomerate of half a dozen events shaped within the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
“My intention was to stand up together against the atrocities. What happened to PAGD is history,” she stated.
She stated the Muslims in J-Okay are secular in character and due to this fact determined to affix India, the place the vast majority of Hindus are additionally secular.
She additionally stated she “is a proud Muslim and will not tolerate interference by any government in religious affairs”.
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