Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday stated the draft suggestions of the Delimitation Commission are an try and divide the folks of Jammu and Kashmir on sectarian and social grounds.
She additionally stated that the hijab row has been created as a result of it’s the image and id of a selected group and that she fears different Muslim symbols can be focused after this.
“The rights and guarantees given by the Indian Constitution are being mutilated and the Delimitation Report that has come recently is part of that,” Mufti stated whereas addressing a press convention in Srinagar after a gathering of the occasion’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC). “They have tried to divide the folks of Jammu and Kashmir on sectarian degree (and) on social degree, in order that the folks battle with one another. But the PDP’s battle can be towards it.”
While referring to the merger of Rajouri and Poonch with Anantnag parliamentary constituency, Mufti questioned the logic of the transfer. “In this delimitation, they have ruined everybody other than the BJP,” she stated. “If you do not like Rajouri and Poonch and also you need to create an unique constituency, wait and you’ll give a separate seat to Rajouri and Poonch. If you do not like Chenab valley, you may give them a separate seat. The delimitation has to occur in 2026. See there aren’t any numbers (supporting) this delimitation. There is a constituency for one lakh folks and one other constituency for 1.75 lakh folks.”
Mufti stated that whereas Jammu and Kashmir is a political subject, it’s being changed into a spiritual subject. She stated the state of affairs has solely grow to be extra difficult after the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular standing. She additionally repeated her name for dialogue with Pakistan.
“I imagine that except and till the Jammu and Kashmir subject shouldn’t be addressed, its exterior dimension shouldn’t be addressed – I do know by the night I’d be referred to as anti-national. If anyone talks towards BJP, towards their agenda, towards [Nathuram] Godse, he’s being termed as anti-India however I’d nonetheless say. J&Ok is a political subject,” she said. “By revoking 370, the issue has not been resolved. It has become more complicated. The government of India would have to talk to Pakistan today or tomorrow.”
On the hijab row, she stated, “Hijab has been changed into a difficulty as a result of it’s a image of a group, id of a group. It all began from Jammu and Kashmir as a result of it’s a Muslim majority state and these experiments can be performed all through the nation,” she said. “I concern that after the hijab, they might attempt to assault our different symbols.”
Mufti additionally condemned the alleged concentrating on of the media in J&Ok. “If anybody raises his voice, whether he is a political leader or our media… It is difficult to guess who is under more oppression, the people, the political class or the journalists here,” she stated, including that some journalists have left the Valley out of concern.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
