Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the current situation in the State, and stated that the Centre’s “jackboot approach” was bound to fail.
“The only way to bring about lasting peace in J&K is through reconciliation and meaningful engagement that honours the dignity of the people of J&K. The jackboot approach and attempts to silence the aspiration of people by suppression and muzzling of the people hasn’t worked in the past and is bound to fail now,” Ms. Mufti, who is the president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said in her address to a day-long workers’ convention in Zainpora, Shopian.
She said it is evident that Delhi looks at Kashmiris with suspicion even after almost eight decades of the Instrument of Accession was executed between India and J&K.
