'No Matter How Many Troops You Send To J&K...': Mehbooba Mufti Slams Centre

In her speech, Mufti also urged the youths to participate in future civic and assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti addresses a youth convention at Sher-e-Kashmkir Park.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre, saying no matter how many troops are deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, the government would not see positive results unless the Kashmir issue is resolved, reported news agency ANI. The fresh remarks were made by the former J&K Chief Minister during the party's youth convention in Srinagar.

"I want to tell the BJP that when the attackers came from Pakistan, the Indian Army had not come by then, the people did not have any guns in their hands, but still they chased the attackers away. So, don't be attackers, the Kashmiris know how to chase them away," Mufti said.

"Kashmir is connected to India through its Constitution. But you've (BJP) destroyed the Constitution. India doesn't belong to BJP. Till the time you don't resolve the Kashmir issue, you won't see any results no matter how many troops you send here," she said.

Kashmir is connected to India through its Constitution. But you've (BJP) destroyed the Constitution. India doesn't belong to BJP. Till the time you don't resolve the Kashmir issue, you won't see any results no matter how many troops you send here: Mehbooba Mufti, PDP, in Srinagar pic.twitter.com/lMpigRGZF7

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In her speech, Mufti also urged the youths to participate in future civic and assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

"It is not BJP's India and, note it down, we will not let it become BJP's India,” Mufti said at a party function.

The former J-K chief minister also warned the Centre not to behave "like those raiders from Pakistan who came to the valley in 1947" and were forced to flee by Kashmiris.

“India is not BJP. The India which we joined is Jawaharlal Nehru’s India, (M K) Gandhi ji’s India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s India, it is the India of Rahul Gandhi who is travelling the country for Hindu-Muslim unity, it is Tushar Gandhi’s India," Mufti said.

She again lashed out at the BJP for the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019.

“We have formed a bond of heart with this country, the constitutional bond, the bond of love, but what did you do? You played with our dignity, our identity. You destroyed the whole state. This will not work,” she added.