Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday mentioned if “taking away” mosques, the Lal Quila (Red Fort) or the Qutub Minar might assist resolve urgent points reminiscent of unemployment, worth rise, and poverty “then I’d urge the Muslims of this nation to allow them to (Hindu right-wing teams) take away no matter they need”.
The PDP chief was referring to an indication by Hindu right-wing teams on Tuesday on the Qutub Minar in Delhi looking for to rename the monument the “Vishnu Stambh”. She added, “However, do not destroy the Hindu-Muslim unity of our country and the Constitution for that.”
In an deal with to occasion staff in Srinagar, Mufti mentioned teams staking declare to a mosque shouldn’t be allowed to turn into a trigger for violence. “Masjidein lete hain toh lene do, magar inko khoon kharaba karne ka mauqa mat do. Ye yahi chahte hain (If they wish to take away mosques, allow them to. But don’t give them trigger for violence. This is what they need).”
If taking away mosques “helps you achieve anything, please do so”, the PDP chief went on to say, including, “We can pray anywhere, even by the roadside. We do not need a building to pray, we (Muslims) can bow down before God at any place.”
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister additionally reacted to the Supreme Court’s commentary on IPC Section 124-A (sedition legislation), saying, “If any pupil, activist or politician speaks, the sedition legislation is used towards them. Therefore, if it isn’t stopped now, our state of affairs will likely be worse than Sri Lanka. This hyper-nationalism has led them to this.”
Mufti mentioned she hoped “the BJP can take a lesson from the events in Sri Lanka and bring a stop to communal tensions and majoritarianism prevalent today”. She added, “Sri Lanka is on this state as a result of they saved raking the difficulty of faith for a number of years, members of the identical household proceed to rule over the folks. Just the way in which BJP has been ruling this nation for the final eight years and so they additionally maintain fueling the Hindu-Muslim problem.”
The former CM mentioned the folks of Jammu and Kashmir consider in peace and concord and minority communities in Kashmir have lived right here peacefully. “We have to show them what unity and brotherhood look like.”
Referring to latest episodes of homes belonging to Muslims being bulldozed in components of the nation, Mufti mentioned, “It is unlucky the way in which minorities are being attacked and their homes being bulldozed and their life is being threatened. The judiciary just isn’t coming forth to take suo moto cognisance of those incidents, which they need to have, ideally.”
Underscoring the difficulties the folks of J&Okay are confronting because the revocation of Article 370 in August 2019, Mufti mentioned the one choice was “to stand together”. The former CM mentioned jobs, land, and pure assets within the Union Territory had been for “everyone”, and claimed that “all efforts are being made to weaken us”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
