 Early Times Report
Rajouri, Feb 1: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was tearing apart the very spirit of India to built its organisation in furtherance of its vindictive and fanatic political agenda.
“Journalists and columnists are being booked for reporting facts, farmers are being targeted and defamed for seeking their rights, students and minorities are being pushed to walls. NIA, CBI, ED and every agency was being used to settle political scores and curb democratic voices”, she said. Mehbooba was addressing workers convention in this border township for the first time after abrogation of special status of erstwhile state. She was accompanied by former legislators Master Tasaduq Hussain and Firdous Tak, Vijay Dogra, former VC, Rajinder Manhas, Satpal Charak, Parvaiz Wafa, Varinder Singh Sonu, Abdul Qayoom Dar, Mohd Iqbal Shah, Tazeem Dar, Advocate Showkat Hussain, Anjum Mirza, Advocate Ahsan Mirza and others.
“The sole purpose of this brazen use of muscle power and government machinery to squeeze political space in the country is aimed at strengthening BJP as organisation”, she said adding “Unfortunately this is being done at the cost of India’s interests being at home or at external affairs”.
Reiterating her stand about the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, abrogated by the union government, Mufti said that her party shall carry forward the struggle even if it is left alone to fight.
“I have made it clear that my personal struggle is only for restoration of dignity and honour of people. My party and our workers have pledged to be with me in the fight which is surely going to be long and tough.
I want to assure you that we shall not give up and I am confident that the day will come when New Delhi will restore everything forcibly and unconstitutionally snatched from us along with interests”, she said while urging people to stand firm. |
