Campaigning in the Rajouri-Poonch belt, a part of the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, Mufti asserted that the revocation of Article 370 had caused more harm than good
By PTI
Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday attacked the BJP-led Centre and accused it of undermining the locals’ rights by granting power projects, land, sapphire mines, lithium deposits, and water resources to outsiders.
She said the Centre has turned J&K into a “prison,” where freedom of speech is curtailed and people are repressed.
Mufti dismissed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as a mere “rhetoric to win votes” and said his party had snatched the region’s identity and knocked its people down.
“BJP converted Jammu and Kashmir into a prison. Nobody can talk freely here. Nobody is happy in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Neither Dogra of Jammu nor Buddhist of Ladakh are happy, forget about the people of Kashmir, who are terrorised. There has been no development during BJP rule,” Mufti said while addressing the public during a roadshow in Rajouri.
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