National Conference's Srinagar Lok Sabha seat candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has said that demilitarization and removal of AFSPA in Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir), Jammu and Kashmir is long overdue as dignity, peace and democracy survive in the presence of huge military grid. Can't stay.
Mehdi, a three-time former MLA from Budgam assembly constituency, said that along with the restoration of Article 370 provisions, which he called the "Article o Dignity", the removal of AFSPA is equally important.
"The need to do this (remove AFSPA) was there only yesterday. Now it is too late. When the Indian government is trying to claim that our situation is normal, why not remove AFSPA?" Mehdi said in Madhya Kashmi district. Said this in an interview during the election campaign.Which comes under Srinagar parliamentary constituency.
Mehdi, an influential Shia leader, said, "No sense of dignity or peace can survive in the presence of such military grids and established people that we have. This military presence now needs to be taken back to the barracks." "
Speaking to PTI, Mehdi said that even if Article 370 is restored and the AFSP continues, "I think dignity, in the true sense, and peace is incomplete, therefore, the AFSPA has to go, the military footprint has to go".
"They (armed forces) need to go back to the barracks and give the people of Jammu and Kashmir a sense of normalcy, an air of openness and the confidence to move around freely without fear of security forces," he said .,
Responding to a question about attacks on Muslims in the country, political or otherwise, the NC candidate said it was "serious" and "takes India away from the principles it promised at the time of its founding". .
"It takes India away from the dignity that led us to it. India promised to be a secular nation in which every religion will have dignity and respect and the right to survive. After 70 years, we are at the mercy of fascist forces. We see it as the RSS and the BJP that have torn apart the social fabric and degraded India's principles and secular credentials," he said.
The Shia leader claimed that Muslims are now being "used for intimidation to woo the radical Hindutva vote bank" and "the direction in which the current regime is taking India is against you, me and the entire country. It is very dangerous."He said, "This is very dangerous not only for India but also for the democracy fraternity across the world... This is a country that prides itself on its secularism, diversity and pluralism."
If India continues with the principles it adopted during its independence it will develop like the last 70 years and "if gone on the fascist path the future will be similar to Hitler's regime or Pakistan which went on the same". Way”, Mehdi said.
Mehdi, a three-time former MLA from Budgam assembly constituency, said that along with the restoration of Article 370 provisions, which he called the "Article o Dignity", the removal of AFSPA is equally important.
"The need to do this (remove AFSPA) was there only yesterday. Now it is too late. When the Indian government is trying to claim that our situation is normal, why not remove AFSPA?" Mehdi said in Madhya Kashmi district. Said this in an interview during the election campaign.Which comes under Srinagar parliamentary constituency.
Mehdi, an influential Shia leader, said, "No sense of dignity or peace can survive in the presence of such military grids and established people that we have. This military presence now needs to be taken back to the barracks." "
Speaking to PTI, Mehdi said that even if Article 370 is restored and the AFSP continues, "I think dignity, in the true sense, and peace is incomplete, therefore, the AFSPA has to go, the military footprint has to go".
"They (armed forces) need to go back to the barracks and give the people of Jammu and Kashmir a sense of normalcy, an air of openness and the confidence to move around freely without fear of security forces," he said .,
Responding to a question about attacks on Muslims in the country, political or otherwise, the NC candidate said it was "serious" and "takes India away from the principles it promised at the time of its founding". .
"It takes India away from the dignity that led us to it. India promised to be a secular nation in which every religion will have dignity and respect and the right to survive. After 70 years, we are at the mercy of fascist forces. We see it as the RSS and the BJP that have torn apart the social fabric and degraded India's principles and secular credentials," he said.
The Shia leader claimed that Muslims are now being "used for intimidation to woo the radical Hindutva vote bank" and "the direction in which the current regime is taking India is against you, me and the entire country. It is very dangerous."He said, "This is very dangerous not only for India but also for the democracy fraternity across the world... This is a country that prides itself on its secularism, diversity and pluralism."
If India continues with the principles it adopted during its independence it will develop like the last 70 years and "if gone on the fascist path the future will be similar to Hitler's regime or Pakistan which went on the same". Way”, Mehdi said.
