Alleging the Government of India is “employing absurd methods” to harass and punish her for not “toeing their line”, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said she has been denied a passport over national security issue.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, who is currently being investigated in a money laundering case after being placed in detention for more than a year, took to micro-blogging platform Twitter to vent her ire at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.
“Passport Office refused to issue my passport based on CID’s report citing it as ‘detrimental to the security of India. This is the level of normalcy achieved in Kashmir since Aug 2019 that an ex Chief Minister holding a passport is a threat to the sovereignty of a mighty nation,” she tweeted.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Passport Office refused to issue my passport based on CID’s report citing it as ‘detrimental to the security of India. This is the level of normalcy achieved in Kashmir since Aug 2019 that an ex Chief Minister holding a passport is a threat to the sovereignty of a mighty nation. <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/india/unite-opposition-stitch-an-alliance-against-bjp-led-central-gov-stalin-to-rahul-gandhi-1450644">pic.twitter.com/3Z2CfDgmJy</a></p>— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/govt-gives-big-push-to-eco-tourism-in-jammu-kashmir-new-trekking-routes-opened-for-tourists-1450691">March 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Continuing her outburst, Mufti also expressed her disappointment over the passport office even rejecting her mother’s application.
“Passport office has also rejected my mother’s passport application. CID claims that my mother who is well into her seventies is a ‘threat to national security’ & therefore doesn’t deserve a passport. GOI is employing absurd methods to harass & punish me for not toeing their line,” she tweeted.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Passport office has also rejected my mother’s passport application. CID claims that my mother who is well into her seventies is a ‘threat to national security’ & therefore doesn’t deserve a passport. GOI is employing absurd methods to harass & punish me for not toeing their line <a >pic.twitter.com/XvPH9D6Oez</a></p>— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) <a >March 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah also took on the ruling BJP at the Centre over Mufti being denied a passport.
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“What a shame J&K police is going along with this farce. How is it that Mehbooba Mufti was not a threat to the nation when her party was allied with the BJP? As Chief Minister she was incharge of the Home Department & head of the Unified Command, now suddenly she’s a threat!,” he tweeted.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a shame J&K police is going along with this farce. How is it that Mehbooba Mufti was not a threat to the nation when her party was allied with the BJP? As Chief Minister she was incharge of the Home Department & head of the Unified Command, now suddenly she’s a threat! <a >https://t.co/Ye1tQmFIIc</a></p>— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) <a >March 29, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>