Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday opined that unless the Central government resolves the Kashmir issue, there would be no peace region. She also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “destroying” the Constitution.
While addressing a rally in Srinagar, she said, “Kashmir is connected to India through its Constitution. But you’ve (BJP) destroyed the Constitution. India doesn’t belong to BJP. Till the time you don’t resolve the Kashmir issue, you won’t see any results no matter how many troops you send here.”
Mufti further urged the youths to participate in future civic and assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it is their ”weapon” to fight for their rights and they should not cede space to the BJP.
“It is not BJP’s India and, note it down, we will not let it become BJP’s India,” she said.
The former J&K chief minister also warned the Centre not to behave “like those raiders from Pakistan who came to the valley in 1947” and were forced to flee by Kashmiris.
“India is not BJP. The India which we joined is Jawaharlal Nehru’s India, (M K) Gandhi ji’s India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s India, it is the India of Rahul Gandhi who is travelling the country for Hindu-Muslim unity, it is Tushar Gandhi’s India,” Mufti said.
She again lashed out at the BJP for the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019.
“We have formed a bond of heart with this country, the constitutional bond, the bond of love, but what did you do? You played with our dignity, our identity. You destroyed the whole state. This will not work,” she added.
