Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on July 31, 2023 said the achievement of the current dispensation can be gauged from the fact that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru would unfurl the Tricolour in Srinagar without any security cover in 1949 but this regime needs elaborate security arrangements for it.
Addressing the party’s 24th foundation day in Srinagar, Ms. Mufti took on the Centre for its decisions onJammu and Kashmir in 2019. “What did the BJP achieve by doing away with the special constitutional provisions? Jawaharlal Nehru came to Lal Chowk and unfurled the Tricolour along with thousands of Kashmiris. Today, you [the BJP] hoist the Tricolour with an elaborate security cover. No Kashmiri could be seen,” Ms. Mufti said.
Elaborating on the ideology of party founder Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Ms. Mufti said her father always wanted to work towards a solution to the Kashmir problem. “All solutions are possible within the sphere of humanity. What the BJP is doing in Manipur is not the way forward,” the former J&K Chief Minister said.
