Srinagar, : Reiterating her allegations that some police officers are being used to pressurize newly elected District Development Council (DDC) to change loyalty, former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said ‘it is appalling that even policemen have become wheeler dealers’.
Ms Mehbooba said PDP’s two women DDC members were taken by police to Tangmarg under the pretext of ‘security concerns’ very late on Tuesday night.
She alleged that police at the highest level is executing orders from ‘higher ups’. “PDPs two women DDC members are being taken by @JmuKmrPolice to Tangmarg under the pretext of ‘security concerns’ at this ungodly hour. Police at the highest level is executing orders from ‘higher ups’. Appalled that even policemen have become wheeler dealers @manojsinha_,” Ms Mehbooba wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.
The former chief minister has been vocal about her allegations that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using administration to blackmail newly elected DDC members to shift loyalty. “They (BJP) have been claiming again and again that it has restored democracy in J&K by holding DDC elections. But, whatever they are doing after the results of the elections were announced, it is a mockery of democracy. They are using local administration to blackmail newly elected DDC members from PDP, NC, Independents and other parties,” Ms Mehbooba had said on Tuesday.
She alleged that the DDC members from other parties and independents are offered money to change sides and join its (BJP’s) proxy parties in J&K. “If they don’t agree they are threatened that they will be linked to criminal cases. Unfortunately some police officers and civil administration officials are also involved in it… They (officials) facilitate this process. They pickup DDC members and lock them up in the offices of the proxy of BJP, where they are threatened and bribed,” Mr Mehbooba alleged.
