The Congress on Tuesday questioned Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s decision of allying with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), if she was not happy in the first place with the manner the party was functioning.
Questioning Mufti’s comment of adopting former prime minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee’s policy in regard to Kashmir, the Congress said with her statement, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister has herself accepted that Prime Minister Modi’s ways are wrong.
“Mufti has accepted that Vajpayee’s way was right and Modi’s is wrong. Why has she allied with them if she finds his way is wrong? I feel that the way of Indira Gandhi, Rajeev Gandhi of taking everyone into confidence is the right one and the present government has deviated from this,” Congress leader Pramod Tiwari told ANI.
Tiwari also said the situation in the Valley is out of control and that there is no law and order in the state.
“The greed of power due to which the BJP-PDP formed the government there is the reason that there is no law and order in the state. Such a big leader was killed and the condition is only deteriorating,” he said.
Echoing same sentiments, another Congress leader Om Prakash said the ‘arrogance, apathy and incompetence’ of the central government and BJP-PDP alliance in the state is responsible for the deteriorating situation in Kashmir.
“It’s a grim situation there. In fact, the progressive voices have been sounding caution for quite some time but all these have been met with complete silence on the standpoint of the central government and state government. In fact, national interest as well as the national security is under threat. Over the last three decades whatever gains were made on security front, law and order front has been squandered because of the arrogance, apathy and incompetence of the central government and the BJP-PDP government of the state,” Prakash told ANI.
Prakash further opined that the central and Jammu and Kashmir government should admit that they failed in restoring peace in the Valley.
“They should admit that they have failed. Unfortunately, the central narrative in Kashmir has turned in favour of separatists and that is a very serious development. The entire country is concerned and I think a lot of positive action is needed,” he said.
Yesterday, PDP leader Abdul Gani Dar was attacked by terrorists in Pulwama district and later, succumbed to his injuries.
