Jammu, November 18, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party, President Mehbooba Mufti has asked the people of Jammu to be a bridge and maintain a strong bond with Kashmir that is drifting away due to the “strong-arm tactics” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led dispensation.
She said her struggle through peaceful means would continue for restoration of the special status being enjoyed by the people of Jammu and Kashmir before August 2019. “Today Kashmir is in pain the wound has further worsened and Kashmir is drifting away from us,” Ms Mufti said interacting with a group of lawyers.
Without naming the BJP, she said those who are saying that everything has been set right in J and K after abrogation of Article 370 are making false claims as nothing has changed on the ground.
“I am feeling it (Kashmir is drifting away). The anger among the people of Kashmir is growing with each passing day and they are depressed,” she said, adding the people of Jammu had to play the role of a bridge like PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wished to see J and K becoming a peace bridge between India and Pakistan but unfortunately the region has turned into a tug of war between the two countries.
“I request the people of Jammu to stand up and not let Kashmir go. You think where will it go? When the hearts are broken and you stop attending an ailing part of the body, it is ultimately lost,” she said.
Referring to the recent Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar, she said three civilians were killed and their families were denied permission to perform their last rights. Ms Mufti said Article 370 was given to the people of Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian constitution to safeguard the identity of the Dogras, Kashmiris and Ladakhis.
“We will take it back without using the means of hooliganism, stones, guns and bullets. We are talking about peaceful ways to get it back,” she said. Under the BJP rule, she said the whole country is going through a very difficult phase but the situation in J and K is more serious.
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