He criticised Mehbooba Mufti for what he termed her “hypocritical” stance before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, where she urged for the transfer of undertrial prisoners from outside jails back to J&K.
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Accusing PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti of double standards on the prisoner’s issue, the ruling National Conference (NC) on Monday urged people not to fall into her trap being laid to hide failures of her government behind the “smokescreen and rhetoric”.
NC’s chief spokesman, Tanvir Sadiq, while campaigning for the party’s candidate for the bypolls in Budgam, said, ”During Mehbooba Mufti’s tenure from April 2017 to August 2018, as many as 1,004 Kashmiri youth were slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA). And today, the same Mehbooba Mufti is approaching the court seeking the shifting of Kashmiri prisoners back to the valley. This is what they call dirty politics.”
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He criticised Mehbooba Mufti for what he termed her “hypocritical” stance before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, where she urged for the transfer of undertrial prisoners from outside jails back to J&K. It is ironic that most of these prisoners were shifted out during the PDP-led government, he noted.
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The NC leader further said that the people have not forgotten the suffering inflicted during the PDP regime. “People know who ordered the use of pellets on innocent youth in 2016. They remember who imposed GST, breaking the backbone of artisans, and who enforced the Food Security Act that snatched away the basic rights of the poor. No theatrics can absolve the PDP of its dark legacy or its opportunistic alliance with the BJP,” he said.
Reaffirming the National Conference’s commitment to defending the rights and dignity of the people, the leader said; “Those who collaborated with the BJP in disempowering our people are now trying to return wearing new masks. The people of Budgam will not be deceived again. Our struggle is for the restoration of dignity, rights, and identity of Jammu and Kashmir, and the National Conference will continue to lead that fight with honesty, courage, and conviction.”
He appealed to the people of Budgam to remain vigilant against divisive forces and unite under the National Conference’s banner to secure a strong, stable, and people-centric government in Jammu and Kashmir.
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