SRINAGAR, FEB 13 (PTK): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said there is a notion that New Delhi wants to disempower Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a Press conference at her Gupkar residence, Mehbooba said her party didn’t allow them (BJP) to implement their agenda in J&K when they were allies in the government.
She further added that the government of India was playing with fire by implementing BJP’s agenda through Governor Satya Pal Malik.
Mehbooba Mufti slammed the Governor for the decision and said that the people’s sentiments were not taken into consideration. “The decision taken by Governor is against the sentiments of Kashmir.
She added that Jammu and Kashmir is a Muslim majority state and Government has to keep the sentiments of the people here”. “The government has ignored Chenab valley. Central governments have hand in these decisions,” Mufti added.
“The agenda which we didn’t allow BJP to implement here in J&K, that agenda is being implemented now through Governor (Satya Pal Malik). Govt of India is playing with fire. There is a notion that they want to disempower the Muslims of the state,” Mehbooba said.
On Monday, Kargil town and its adjoining areas observed a shutdown on February 11 to protest against the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir government to set up the permanent headquarters of the newly-created Ladakh division in Leh. “Shops and business establishments are closed, while roads are deserted due to the shutdown called by local leaders in Kargil,” officials said.
Cutting across party lines, residents of Kargil marched in thousands on Sunday against the administration’s decision to permanently post the divisional commissioner and Inspector General of Police (IGP) offices for the newly created Ladakh division in Leh town.
The people of Kargil are demanding that divisional commissioner and IGP offices function on rotational basis — in Kargil during summers and in Leh during winters. The elected leaders of Kargil in Panchayats, municipal committees and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (Kargil) have threatened to resign en masse if the government does not modify its order.
The government decision to create Ladakh division has led to resentment from other regions of the state like Pir Panjal and the Chenab valley, where leaders have threatened to launch an agitation if similar administrative units for their regions were not created.
The National Conference has already made it an election issue, with its leader Omar Abdullah promising to create new divisions for Pir Panjal and Chenab valley if his party is voted to power in the assembly elections likely to be held later this year. (PTK)
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