Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, accusing it of silencing political voices in Jammu and Kashmir by placing leaders under house arrest.
Taking to X, Mufti said that the decision to confine political leaders to their homes in order to prevent them from visiting Sopore to offer condolences on the demise of Professor Abdul Gani Bhat exposed what she described as the “harsh and undemocratic reality in Jammu and Kashmir.”
“The decision to place the political leadership under house arrest today, simply to stop us from visiting Sopore to offer condolences on the demise of Professor Abdul Gani Bhat, lays bare the harsh and undemocratic reality in Jammu and Kashmir,” Mehbooba Mufti wrote on X.
She further said that the scenes that unfolded at Hazratbal Dargah recently, where emotions ran high and anger erupted spontaneously, were not isolated incidents but rather a collective cry of a society feeling increasingly cornered.
“What unfolded at Hazratbal Dargah, the eruption of spontaneous, raw public anger, was not just an isolated incident. It was a loud, unmistakable message from a people pushed to the edge. The BJP however remains willfully blind to this truth, refusing to learn anything from the deep anguish and suppressed emotions that have been building for years now,” she stated.
The former chief minister asserted that the ruling party had shown little interest in reconciliation or peace. Instead, she alleged that the BJP was deliberately fostering unrest in Kashmir for its own political gains across the country.
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the BJP has no interest in peace or healing in Kashmir. Instead, they seem determined to keep the region in a constant state of turmoil, weaponising pain and unrest for political mileage across the rest of the country. This cynical approach is not just irresponsible; it is dangerous and utterly reprehensible,” Mehbooba Mufti wrote. [KNT]
