Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday launched a fresh political outreach initiative, urging leaders across party lines to unite and seek a sustained dialogue with the Centre on the issue of restoration of statehood and other contentious matters concerning Jammu and Kashmir.
Questioning whether it was the change people of West Bengal voted for, she wrote: “The sad deteriorating law & order ever since BJP won the West Bengal elections is appalling to say the least.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that the inconclusive Islamabad talks once again show that the US has underestimated Iran.
After years away from the political spotlight of the House, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti visited the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly here on Monday and called for joint efforts by the government and opposition to restore the strength and dignity of the legislature.
In the wake of a recent verdict by a special NIA court sentencing pro-Pakistan separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday called for a review of the punishment, urging that it be reduced to the earlier norm of a 14-year term.
Civil liberties, freedom of press and freedom of speech are under assault while police stations and jails are being filled with innocent people, said Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami.
In a resolution passed at the meeting, the party batted for a united fight to restore the dignity and constitutional rights of the state that were enshrined in the Constitution of India..
Suhail Bukhari, spokesman of the PDP informed IANS that Mufti on Sunday was planned to go to Chotigam village of Shopian district, where terrorists had killed a local Kashmiri Pandit named Sunil Kumar on August 16.
Addressing media persons in Srinagar, the PDP leader said there was no greater example of political corruption in the history of the country than the way the BJP indulged in horse-trading in MP, Rajasthan, Goa, and Maharashtra.
According to sources, the District Magistrate Srinagar has disallowed Sunday's youth convention by the PDP scheduled to be held at the high security Gupkar Road residence of Mehbooba Mufti.
