PDP president Mehbooba Mufti once more hit the Centre for not appointing the highest officers from the indigenous Dogra neighborhood and asserted that the incumbent authorities was keen to make “BJP rashtra“. While addressing a convention in Jammu on Saturday, PDP Chief alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Party-led authorities didn’t wish to make the valley a Muslim-majority authority however wished to instil the idea of “BJP rashtra“.
“Those who are living in an illusion that the BJP is making the lives of Muslims miserable are not the reality. But they (BJP) are intentionally ignoring the indegionious Dogra community. They are only willing to make “BJP rastra”, she stated.
During the convention, Mufti raises grave questions in regards to the appointment of lieutenant governor and different high positions in the valley. “Jammu’s demography has changed. Where are the Dogras? Why isn’t our Governor (LG) from the Dogra community? Why aren’t those at important posts like DG and SP from the Dogra community?” she requested.
“The one who stays with them is fine, but the one who does not stay with them, they will make his condition worse than Muslims. Those who think this is their community, it is not theirs but it is Godse’s community. This is the community which did not take any part in the freedom struggle,” she added.
Mufti raises questions over demolition drive
Notably, the newest assault on the Centre got here following the demolition drive in the valley, whereby a number of homes have been razed with bulldozers. According to Mufti, had Article 370 in place, it might be tough for the Centre to raze homes of civilians in the valley. While talking at an occasion in Srinagar on Saturday, the previous Chief Minister asserted that the folks of the valley have been now realising the significance of the abrogated article and added it was offering a safety defend to widespread folks.
“When Article 370 was abrogated, some people thought it would only affect the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC). When the bulldozers came to demolish our homes, businesses and even the shelters for our domestic animals, people realised how Article 370 was a protection for us,” Mufti stated at a operate of her occasion in the capital metropolis.
(With inputs from companies)