New Delhi, June 28, 2021 (PPI-OT): PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti has said the dialogue process initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with IIOJK’s regional leadership can gain credibility by ending an “era of oppression and suppression” in Jammu and Kashmir and understanding that a dissenting voice is not a criminal act.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the former IIOJK chief minister during a media interview in New Delhi said, “Give the people right to breathe and rest will follow later,” as she termed the prime minister’s meeting with a 14-member delegation from IIOJK in New Delhi on Thursday as a way forward to end the sufferings of people in Kashmir. Mehbooba, who was part of the delegation, made it clear that the onus was on New Delhi to make the dialogue process credible, and said it should initiate confidence building measures and allow “people to breathe” and also ensure protection of jobs and land for the people.
“When I say allow people to breathe, I mean that today any dissenting note from any side has to cool his or her heels in the prison. Recently, a man was jailed for expressing his sentiments that he had lots of hope from a Kashmiri advisor. The concerned Deputy Commissioner ensured that he was in jail for a few days despite being granted bail by the court,” Mehbooba said. So, when the prime minister says that he wants to eradicate ‘Dil ki doori’, such kind of suppression has to come to an end immediately, she added.
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