SRINAGAR: president of the National Conference Farooq Abdullah and his son, party vice president Omar Abdullah, called the head of the PDP Mehbooba Mufti at her residence on Wednesday and invited her to a meeting of the signatories of the Gupkar Declaration at the residence of Dr. Abdullah on Thursday.
Mufti “has kindly accepted Farooq Sb’s invitation” for Thursday afternoon, tweeted Omar Abdullah, himself a former CM.
Mehbooba Mufti had been released Tuesday night after more than 14 months in detention under the J&K Public Safety Act of 1978. The Gupkar Declaration, issued after an all-party meeting on August 4, 2019, one day before the Center revoked the special Jammu and Kashmir state and split the state in two Union Territories, resolves to defend the special status of J&K. It was approved by NC, PDP, Peoples Conference, and some smaller parties. The signatories met again on August 22 this year and pledged to fight for the restoration of J & K’s special status as it existed prior to August 5, 2019, saying the measures taken were “spitefully short-sighted” and “extremely unconstitutional. “.
Mufti, responding on Twitter to Omar’s message, said: “It was kind of you (Omar) and Farooq sahib to go home. It gave me courage to hear it. I am sure that together we can improve things. ”
BJP, meanwhile, said the three ex-CMs were willing to “stoke trouble in the Valley.” BJP J&K chief Ravinder Raina claimed that the Gupkar Declaration was “anti-national” and “sponsored by Pakistan.” He said that the Abdullahs and Mehbooba Mufti, during a new meeting, decided to carry out the mission of the Gupkar Declaration, which the BJP will never allow. “Politicians like Abdullahs and Mehbooba Mufti are trying to cover up their crimes. Under the garb of the Gupkar Declaration, they plan to stoke trouble in the valley. BJP wants to make it clear here that whoever tries to create disorder will not go unpunished ”, warned Ravinder Raina. The Apni Party also opposes the statement.
Mufti’s daughter, Iltija Mufti, said on Wednesday that the government’s decision to release her mother had been unexpected. “I think after I went to court with a new petition, the government might have felt shame and shame and released her,” Iltija said. Earlier this month, he had filed a new petition with the Supreme Court for his mother’s release, but the government in its response had cited the “geopolitical position of Jammu and Kashmir”, “its geographical proximity to Pakistan” and ” the glorifying militant of Mehbooba declarations ”for the continuation of his arrest.
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