Last Updated: March 07, 2024, 22:58 IST
PM Narendra Modi with Union MoS for Science & Technology Jitendra Singh and J&Ok Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha throughout the ‘Viksit Bharat, Viksit Jammu & Kashmir’ programme, in Srinagar on 7 March 2024. (PTI picture)
A Padma Shri awardee, Muzaffar Beig was accompanied by his spouse and Baramulla District Development Council (DDC) chairperson Safeena Beig
Former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Muzaffar Beig, who was amongst a number of non-BJP leaders invited to Narendra Modi’s rally right here, left the venue in a huff even earlier than the Prime Minister’s arrival as ”no separate (sitting) association” had been made for Padma awardees like him. A Padma Shri awardee, Muzaffar Beig was accompanied by his spouse and Baramulla District Development Council (DDC) chairperson Safeena Beig.
After reaching the Bakshi stadium right here, the couple have been taken to a sitting space meant for BJP leaders and others. However, they left minutes later. Speaking to reporters, Safeena Beig stated it was unlucky that there was no separate seating association for Padma awardees.
”Beig is a Padma awardee and got here right here in that capability. But it was very unlucky that there was no separate association for such awardees,” she stated. ”We had come right here to welcome our prime minister and thank him. I had come right here as (DDC) chairperson. This is an official operate and we wished to be a part of it,” she stated.
Safeena Beig stated she would take up the matter with the federal government. Asked about hypothesis that Muzaffar Beig would possibly be a part of the BJP, she stated politicians from totally different events have been current on the rally venue and it doesn’t imply all of them are becoming a member of the BJP.
”This just isn’t a BJP operate,” she stated. Apni Party chief and former Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu, National Conference chief Pervez Qadri and People’s Conference chief Raja Ajaz Ali have been among the many politicians who attended Modi’s rally.
The rally, the primary by a first-rate minister on the Bakshi stadium, was held amidst stringent safety preparations. The metropolis, south of Jhelum, was transformed right into a fortress with solely individuals having legitimate passes allowed to proceed in the direction of the venue. This was Modi’s first go to to Kashmir for the reason that Centre abrogated the particular standing given to the erstwhile state and divided it into two Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh — on August 5, 2019.
