Srinagar, July 14: Ram Madhav, BJP leader and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir said former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s statement on his party trying to break PDP “is not only based on untruth but also most shocking and unfortunate.”
Mehbooba must find ways to “manage her party” said the BJP leader on Sunday.
“What Mehbooba ji said yesterday is unfortunate and based on lies. No one in Delhi is trying to break her party. Instead of solving their internal conflicts they are blaming Delhi and threatening in the name of militancy. As far as BJP is concerned, we aren’t trying to break any party,” Ram Madhav told news agency ANI.
Mehbooba, on Friday, accused the BJP of trying to split her party to form new government in the state. “If Delhi tries to create divisions and interfere” more Salahuddins and Yasin Maliks, would be born and the “outcome will be dangerous,” she had said.
The BJP said Mehbooba’s statement has not only “exposed her proximity to separatists”, it would now give “oxygen to militants” in the Valley.
“As far as the threat over ‘Salahuddin’ is concerned, the Central government and security forces have the power to neutralise all the militants in the Valley and those who might turn to militancy due to Mehbooba,” said Madhav.
“We are committed to what we have said that Kashmir needs Governor Rule’s for some time to deliver goods to the people,” said Madhav, adding that Mehbooba Mufti should “address the grievances” of “corruption and nepotism” in PDP made by her lawmakers.
Mehbooba resigned last month after the BJP abruptly ended its three-year alliance with her PDP citing rising security concerns in Jammu and Kashmir.
Several PDP leaders a week ago had met her and pledged their support to her after allegations of BJP leaders trying to poach PDP lawmakers.
Five dissenting leaders of PDP on Friday dismissed Mehbooba’s claim that they were rebelling at the Centre’s behest.
Legislators Javaid Baig, Imran Ansari, Majeed Padder, Yasir Reshi and Safuddin Bhat said they have no faith in Mehbooba’s leadership and claimed they want to strengthen and reform the party.
Meanwhile, a group of BJP activists on Saturday staged a protest at Kachi Chawni in Jammu against Mehbooba.
They burnt an effigy of the former chief minister. The protests were led by the party’s President for Jammu West Ayodhya Gupta, who urged Governor NN Vohra to take note of Mehbooba’s comment and file a sedition case against her.
No takers of her word even if she herself becomes Salah-ud-Din: Congress
Srinagar, July 14: A day after former Chief Minister asked New Delhi ‘not to repeat 1987’, the State Congress Chief, Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Saturday said Mehbooba Mufti “won’t find takers even if she herself becomes Salah-ud-din”.
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief was quoted by Kashmir News Service that the statement made by Mehbooba is quite contrary to what she said when she was in power.
“Mehbooba should have thought and made these statements post mandate in 2014,” Mir said while reacting to former chief minister’s statement.
Mir said that making such statements doesn’t suit Mehbooba at this juncture as she was in power till last month.
Mehbooba had earlier stated that if New Delhi resorts to horse trading of lawmakers in Jammu Kashmir then more Salahuddins and Yasin Maliks would be born.
He further stated that Mehbooba has apprehensions that party like PDP would be created in the State.
“A large number of leaders led by Late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed came out from the congress and constituted PDP. Mehbooba may have apprehensions that a party would be created here as PDP was created by L K Advani,” he said, adding that she might be remembering her party’s creation.
Mir said that she is making such statements only to hide the failure of her party. “The regional parties here always praise New Delhi during power and criticize it while out of power,” he said, adding that “making such statements won’t prove anything as she has been tested by the people. Mehbooba won’t find takers even if she becomes Salah-ud-Din,” he said.
Reacting to the query over seeking an end to two-family rule in the State by disgruntled PDP leaders, Mir without naming anyone said that those who are seeking end to the family rule are themselves SRO-43.
“I could have digested the statement regarding seeking an end to family rule but those who are seeking it are themselves SRO-43 and if they would have reached on this position on their own then it could have made any sense,” he added. (KNS)
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