Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti speak by Mubashir Hassan
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on November 27 said the BJP should restrain from behaving like raiders in Kashmir as the Valley residents successfully evicted raiders from Pakistan in 1947, as she pledged to force the Center to return J&K’s special status.
The former chief minister also expressed concern over the recent encounters in Kashmir . “On one side militants kill locals for being informers, policemen, Pandits and non-local workers but on the other our own gun (security forces) kills youth in the name of ‘hybrid’ and ‘white collar’ militants. The trend, where youth are taken to identify hideout and killed in encounters, has picked up in the recent times,” Ms. Mufti said.
She said the youth of Kashmir were facing a trend of unprecedented unemployment. “Those who try to express themselves on social media or Facebook are raided for writing a post. Our youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, who was jailed for two years, has emerged as an example of being one who did not comprise with his principles.
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