NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti urged home minister Amit Shah to establish a joint committee comprising representatives from both sides of Jammu and Kashmir to address the region’s issues “till the time you bring that part back”.
Mufti suggested that Shah set aside his “ego” for the nation’s sake and facilitate a meeting of representatives from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC), similar to what former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did during his tenure.
“Amit Shah says he will bring back that Kashmir (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) even as you tell us Muslims to go to Pakistan”, Mufti said, according to PTI.
“But I have a request for you. Till the time you bring that part back, form a committee of the representatives of this Kashmir and that Kashmir, and bring us together. We will sit together twice a year and discuss the issues we face,” the PDP president added.
The former chief minister of J&K also called for reopening cross-LoC routes to facilitate trade and people-to-people contact. She said her father and former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wanted to open all cross-LoC routes. Mufti also called for the release of youth of Kashmir jailed in various prisons across the country.
“I want to tell Amit Shah to reopen those routes across the LoC which were opened by Mufti Sahib and which you closed in the name of drugs, even as most of the drugs come via a port in Gujarat and you do not shut that. Restart those routes and open more roads which join J&K with Central Asia,” she added.
Mufti criticized the Central government for the recent increase in terror attacks in the Jammu region, accusing them of focusing on infiltrating homes, schools, and institutions instead of addressing the issue.
“Foreign militants come from outside, infiltrate here, kill our people in Jammu and leave. But, what do you do? You are busy as the BJP is trying to infiltrate our homes, our schools, our institutions, our universities. You are busy in these and the militancy has increased so much in Jammu that people are afraid to go out of their homes. Is this your success? You should act sensibly,” she said.
She also praised her party workers for their continued support and urged them to contribute Rs 100 each to the PDP account to ensure the party’s smooth functioning.
Mufti suggested that Shah set aside his “ego” for the nation’s sake and facilitate a meeting of representatives from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC), similar to what former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did during his tenure.
“Amit Shah says he will bring back that Kashmir (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) even as you tell us Muslims to go to Pakistan”, Mufti said, according to PTI.
“But I have a request for you. Till the time you bring that part back, form a committee of the representatives of this Kashmir and that Kashmir, and bring us together. We will sit together twice a year and discuss the issues we face,” the PDP president added.
The former chief minister of J&K also called for reopening cross-LoC routes to facilitate trade and people-to-people contact. She said her father and former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wanted to open all cross-LoC routes. Mufti also called for the release of youth of Kashmir jailed in various prisons across the country.
“I want to tell Amit Shah to reopen those routes across the LoC which were opened by Mufti Sahib and which you closed in the name of drugs, even as most of the drugs come via a port in Gujarat and you do not shut that. Restart those routes and open more roads which join J&K with Central Asia,” she added.
Mufti criticized the Central government for the recent increase in terror attacks in the Jammu region, accusing them of focusing on infiltrating homes, schools, and institutions instead of addressing the issue.
“Foreign militants come from outside, infiltrate here, kill our people in Jammu and leave. But, what do you do? You are busy as the BJP is trying to infiltrate our homes, our schools, our institutions, our universities. You are busy in these and the militancy has increased so much in Jammu that people are afraid to go out of their homes. Is this your success? You should act sensibly,” she said.
She also praised her party workers for their continued support and urged them to contribute Rs 100 each to the PDP account to ensure the party’s smooth functioning.