SRINAGAR: One day after Jammu and Kashmir witnessed their first elections since the repeal of Article 370, bifurcating the old state into two Union territories, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti he said on Sunday that simply conducting polls would not solve the Kashmir problem. That, he said, will persist as long as the Center’s 2019 decision is not reversed and a dialogue with Pakistan is not maintained.
“Until and unless the Kashmir issue (with Pakistan) is resolved, the issues (in the Valley) will remain. The issue will not be resolved until Article 370 is reinstated. Ministers will come and go. Simply holding elections is not a solution to the problem, “said Mufti, the head of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
However, he expressed his joy that people are willing to express the need for dialogue with Pakistan. “We are having the ninth, tenth rounds of talks with China. Is it (not having a dialogue with Pakistan) because it is a Muslim country? Because now everything is becoming communal,” Mufti tweeted on Sunday.
When targeting the Gupkar Alliance, she claimed that the BJP wants to ban my party because I raise my voice. “I have been told repeatedly that Article 370 is being discussed since my release. But what can I do about it?” He asked.
Mufti added that after his party decided to participate in the District Development Council (DDC) polls, the degree of oppression has increased in Jammu and Kashmir.
“After we decided to participate in the DDC elections, the degree of oppression increased in Jammu and Kashmir. The PAGD (Gupkar Alliance) candidates are confined and not allowed to go out to campaign. How the candidates will compete if they are not allows the poll, “Mufti asked.
“They (BJP) call Muslims Pakistanis, sardars (Sikhs) Khalistani, activists” urban naxal “and student members of the” tukde-tukde gang “and anti-national. I don’t understand if they are all terrorists and anti-nationals, then who is Hindustani in this country? Only BJP workers, “he asked, adding that the BJP wants to develop an ecosystem where there is no place for democracy.
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