SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti has warned the Modi government against tinkering with the contentious Article 35A.
Mehbooba Mufti said that anyone who is playing with Article 35A is like playing with gunpowder and any hand that would try to touch the Article will burn along with the body.
Mehbooba Mufti said,” 35A ke saath chhedd chhadd karna baarood ko haath lagaane ke baraabar hoga. Jo haath 35A ke saath chhedd chaadd karne ke liye uthenge wo haath hi nahi wo saara jism jal ke raakh ho jaega.”
“We want to tell the Central government that tinkering with Article 35A will be akin to setting a powder keg on fire,” the PDP president said. “If any hand tries to touch Article 35A, not only that hand, but that whole body will be burnt to ashes.”
She objected strongly on the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs to deploy additional 100 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF, BSF, SSB and ITBP) in the state.
She said many attempts would be made to harass the PDP and its leaders. She said New Delhi knew the PDP was the “only party” that “stands like a wall” to protect the state’s special status and identity.
On Saturday (July 27), Mufti said that Jammu and Kashmir is a “political problem” which would not be solved by military means, as she criticised the Centre’s decision to deploy additional 100 companies of Central Armed police Force (CAPF) to the valley.
“Centre’s decision to deploy additional 10,000 troops to the valley has created fear psychosis amongst people. There is no dearth of security forces in Kashmir. J&K is a political problem which won’t be solved by military means. GOI needs to rethink & overhaul its policy,” Mufti wrote on Twitter. (PTK)
