SRINAGAR: former president of J&K CM and PDP Mehbooba On Monday, Mufti took a 180-degree turn over his refusal to hoist the tricolor, only to ignite a new controversy by saying that terrorism had exploded under the supervision of the BJP because Kashmiri youth would rather pick up the gun than be taken away. to jail for expressing dissent.
“I have taken an oath with my hand on both Jammu and KashmirThe constitution (old) and the Constitution of India to protect the sovereignty and integrity of the country. I will hold both flags together, “Mehbooba told reporters at the end of his five-day outing in Jammu.
“We are the people, especially those of the Valley, who have held the tricolor high over the years at the cost of thousands of lives. It is only because of the arrogance of the government that the youth of Kashmir are firing again.” ” she said.
In her first presser after being released from detention under the Public Safety Act last month, Mehbooba had said that she would not raise the national flag until J & K’s special status was restored along with her flag.
The head of the PDP, whose party is associated Farooq AbdullahThe National Conference and the seven-party People’s Alliance Congress for the Gupkar Declaration, dismissed the “perception” that the former special status of J&K was a privilege intended only for Muslims in Kashmir. “The special provisions under article 370 that were taken from us on August 5 last year had been extended to all of Jammu and Kashmir during the time of Maharaja Hari Singh to save the Dogra culture,” he said.
Calling on the Narendra Modi government to “learn from the foreign policy adopted by the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee“Mehbooba said that restoring ‘normalcy’ along the India-Pakistan border should be the priority as many innocents were being caught in the crossfire and killed.
“I reiterate the motto of the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to open more and more border routes,” he said, alluding to the campaign for the “unification” of J&K with Pakistani-occupied Kashmir. “We want to take back Article 370 … The darkness that descended on the Valley after August 5, 2019, has also taken hold of Jammu. The people here are as concerned about the sequence of events as we are in the Valley.”
On the Gupkar alliance’s decision to jointly contest the first District Development Council elections, Mehbooba said that the modalities for the distribution of tickets had not yet been finalized.
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