Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir police filed an FIR towards Peoples Democratic Party President and former chief minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti for apparently flouting Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for protesting and blocking major street at Bijbehara Anantnag towards detention of get together employees on May 25 the day of voting of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency.
Reacting to the FIR, Mehbooba Mufti wrote in a submit on X: “Amusing to search out an FIR filed towards me for apparently flouting MCC. This is the value PDP has paid for talking fact to energy. Our protest was towards GOI in cahoots with native administration for detaining lots of of PDP polling brokers & employees within the hours main as much as voting. Still not happy the identical administration went on to launch Cordon & Search Operations in conventional PDP stronghold areas to terrorize our voters and forestall them from exercising their proper to vote.”
Addressing a press convention media advisory to Mehbooba Iltija Mufti condemned the FIR lodged towards Mehbooba and stated it’s a “threat” to PDP.
Iltija Mufti, daughter of Mehbooba Mufti, informed reporters, “An FIR has been lodged against Mehbooba Mufti for violating the MCC (Model Code of Conduct). This is a threat, and we will not let it go quietly.” She stated, “We will not bow down. We are here to speak the truth.”
Referring to the sit-in protest staged by Mufti on Saturday throughout polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Iltija stated her mom didn’t need to create a drama needed to protest the detention of her get together employees and election brokers. Adding she questioned, “When a former chief minister has to take to the streets for justice, what does it say about democracy?”
Iltija stated the central authorities together with the Jammu and Kashmir administration needed to “spread terror in areas which are traditional vote banks of the PDP so that voter turnout is low.” She alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated folks on the voter turnout, however the fact is that they tried to maintain the voter turnout low.
Earlier police in an FIR said that “It is brought to your kind notice that on 25.05.2024 a huge number of PDP workers led by Madam Mehbooba Mufti assembled in Bijbehara town and raising slogans for releasing the PDP workers which amounted the gross violation of MCC. The huge group of PDP workers also blocked the main road and staged a protest at the main spot Bijbehara more than one hour which amounts to violations of section 144 CrPC which is imposed in the parliamentary 3-Anatnang-Rajouri Constituency order issued by the District Magistrate concerned”.
The FIR additional talked about that “As per the part 144 CrPC gathering of 4 individuals are restricted throughout the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) as much as 4 June therefore in violation of the order. It is requested that vital motion be initiated below guidelines towards the Madam Mehbooba Mufti alongside together with her employees who’re recognized by the involved police authority. Reads the FIR
