Srinagar: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asked the voters of Jammu and Kashmir to register their unhappiness over the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution through their votes in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing a roadside meeting in Larkipora area of Anantnag district, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said, "This is not an assembly election. It is not about whether PDP, National Conference or Congress will win. This election It's about sending." A message that the decisions taken in 2019 and what happened thereafter are not acceptable to the people.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Center in August 2019 abrogated the provisions of Article 370 that gave special powers to Jammu and Kashmir and divided the erstwhile state into union territories.
Mufti said that Jammu and Kashmir has gone through very difficult times in the past and the present situation is also difficult.
He said, "The people of Jammu and Kashmir have seen difficult times in the past. They will neither last nor this (situation) will last, but only if we fight it together through peaceful and democratic means."
Mufti said people may be angry with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for some time, but they realize that the party has saved them from the TAS force, the insurgent anti-Ikhwan group and POTA.
“It was during the tenure of (former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and father of Mehbooba Mufti) Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, when a new era of development began, a dialogue process began between India and Pakistan and some agreements on key issues There was visible movement.” ," He said.
The PDP president is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag-Rajour constituency, which will go to polls on May 7.
Addressing a roadside meeting in Larkipora area of Anantnag district, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said, "This is not an assembly election. It is not about whether PDP, National Conference or Congress will win. This election It's about sending." A message that the decisions taken in 2019 and what happened thereafter are not acceptable to the people.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Center in August 2019 abrogated the provisions of Article 370 that gave special powers to Jammu and Kashmir and divided the erstwhile state into union territories.
Mufti said that Jammu and Kashmir has gone through very difficult times in the past and the present situation is also difficult.
He said, "The people of Jammu and Kashmir have seen difficult times in the past. They will neither last nor this (situation) will last, but only if we fight it together through peaceful and democratic means."
Mufti said people may be angry with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for some time, but they realize that the party has saved them from the TAS force, the insurgent anti-Ikhwan group and POTA.
“It was during the tenure of (former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and father of Mehbooba Mufti) Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, when a new era of development began, a dialogue process began between India and Pakistan and some agreements on key issues There was visible movement.” ," He said.
The PDP president is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag-Rajour constituency, which will go to polls on May 7.