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Centre busy wooing foreign envoys through guided tours: Mehbooba 2/18/2021 10:54:27 PM Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Feb 18: Terming the efforts of the Government of India (GoI) to paint all is well picture in the Jammu and Kashmir in front of foreign envoys as hogwash, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said instead government should try to win the hearts and minds of the people. Addressing the first party workers convention of this north Kashmir district after August 5, 2019 when centre abrogated Article 370 and 35 A besides detained all mainstream leaders, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba alleged people of Jammu and Kashmir live in misery devoid and robbed of their constitutional rights. She said that the very efforts smack of ill intention when the government instead of trying to win hearts and minds of the people of J&K, is seeking character certificate from the envoys of foreign nations through guided tours to misrepresent the situation on ground. "Instead of winning the hearts and minds of the people of J&K, New Delhi puts all its efforts to woo foreign envoys and seek their certificate on the situation here. Whereas the fact of the matter is that having almost a million personnel on ground in J&K the government still feels insecure," she alleged. "No matter what they try to project in these guided tours, the world knows the reality of Kashmir, where people have been robbed of their constitutional rights, voices muzzled and hundreds put in prisons without a rhyme or reason," she added. She further alleged that though they want to change the goal posts, restoration of the special constitutional position of J&K and resolution of the larger political issue through dialogue and reconciliation remain fundamental demands and desires of the people. No amount of coercion can change that," Mehbooba said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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