The leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, who is also vice president of the newly formed People’s Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration, took on the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah for calling the alliance a gang, who it is “anti-national”.
“The old BJP tactic of dividing India by projecting themselves as saviors and political opponents as internal and imaginary enemies is now too predictable. He loves jihad, tukde tukde and now the Gupkar Gang dominates the political discourse rather than like rising unemployment and inflation, ”Mufti tweeted.
Ahead of the second phase of the J&K district development council elections, the BJP has sharpened its attack on the Gupkar alliance, the umbrella of several regional political parties with a demand to restore the special status of the former J&K state.
Stating that the alliance cannot be called a gang, Mufti wrote: “Old habits are hard to die. Previously, the BJP narrative was that the tukde tukde gang threatened the sovereignty of India and now they are using the euphemism of ‘Gupkar Gang’ to project us as anti-national. Irony died a million deaths from his own BJP violating the constitution day after day. “
“Fighting the elections in an alliance is also anti-national now. BJP can unite so many alliances in its hunger for power, but somehow we are undermining the national interest by raising a united front, “added Mehbooba.
On Monday, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress to clarify its position on Article 370. Any party can form an alliance with any party, but the BJP can always question the parties’ agenda, the president had said. Minister referring to Farooq Abdullah’s alleged comment that with help from China, Article 370 would be reinstated at J&K. Farooq Abdullah is the chairman of the Gupkar alliance.
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