"I ask them to open all routes (between India and Pakistan) to let Pakistan come here and see how we live and what we have here": Mehbooba Mufti

[BouncerGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889991634210959656

Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the BJP too wants to keep the Kashmir issue alive like the Pakistan Army, to win elections in the country.

“It seems the BJP too wants the Kashmir issue to be alive to win votes in the rest of the country. As is said about the establishment and the Army in Pakistan, the Kashmir issue is important for their relevance. The Kashmir issue suits the BJP too like the Pakistan Army. The BJP seems to be unmoved by people dying in J&K,” Ms. Mufti said.

Ms. Mufti made these remarks during a membership drive launched by the party in Jammu on Thursday.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Mufti targeted the BJP and its leadership. “They [the BJP] know that they haven’t solved any problem by abrogating Article 370 [withdrawal of J&K’s special status]. (Union Home Minister) Amit Shah ji has to call a meeting every time something happens in Kashmir, as he knows that people are not happy with what he has done here. Unsatisfied by Article 370’s abrogation, it has brought the Waqf Bill to target Muslims,” Ms. Mufti said.

Ms. Mufti said many saw the BJP as a nationalist party when former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee engaged Pakistani military general Pervez Musharraf and forced him to the table, which resulted in peace in J&K.

“Prime Minister and Amit Shah sahib say that everything is well in J&K. So, I ask them to open all routes then. What do we have to hide in J&K? In comparison to other parts of J&K across the border, we have dozens of medical colleges and universities here. Let them see how we live here. Allow them to visit here. So, you have nothing to hide except that you want to get votes by keeping the issue of J&K alive,” she added.

The BJP termed Ms. Mufti’s remarks “irresponsible and condemnable”. “It looks like she has started toeing the line of separatism to mislead the masses and regain the lost political turf,” the BJP’s Ravinder Raina said.

SOURCE: https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...p-too-says-mehbooba-mufti/article69216314.ece

 

[The Bald Eagle]

@uppercut good idea, why not try it...

 

[Champ_Pal]

Letting Pakistanis into Kashmir. This lady is not very bright. I am sure Pak army will send regular citizens to visit Kashmir and appreciate its beauty.
No wonder she lost the elections to National conference and Omar Abdullah.
Her party PDP won 3 out of 90 seats. Trying hard to stay relevant

 

[deltexas]

Open routes and let in terrorists come in freely ?? Yeah right. Mufti has lost her senses. Her family exploited Ind gov funds and now that hand is cut off. That bridge has sailed. J&K is an union territory of Ind whether Kashmiri folks like it or not. They lost that moral ground with the Kashmiri pandit genocide and exodus. If they let KP's stay and it was a united KP's amd KM's demanding independence - there actually would have been much support from Ind citizens. But the 90s events there cost them that opportunity permanently. Truth hurts but has to be said.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Open routes and let in terrorists come in freely ?? Yeah right. Mufti has lost her senses. Her family exploited Ind gov funds and now that hand is cut off. That bridge has sailed. J&K is an union territory of Ind whether Kashmiri folks like it or not. They lost that moral ground with the Kashmiri pandit genocide and exodus. If they let KP's stay and it was a united KP's amd KM's demanding independence - there actually would have been much support from Ind citizens. But the 90s events there cost them that opportunity permanently. Truth hurts but has to be said.

Biggest blow from the article 370 removal was for the Pakistani army. Now they have that much less justification for stealing the funds from whatever bail outs they get, which should in reality go to the Pakistani public as the Indian Kashmir narritive is no longer an option. But as you can see here a lot of Pakistsnis are not very bright either they are also burying their heads in sand...

Who am I kidding, Pakistan is a lost cause, damned in every way possible....

 

[Champ_Pal]

At this point, all we can say is - Nice Try Mehbooba!!

 

[BouncerGuy]

Why would India Let Pakistan come in. they just hate Pakistan.