Srinagar, February 8: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday condemned slapping of the Public Safety Act (PSA) on the already incarcerated leadership in Jammu and Kashmir, including its president Mehbooba Mufti, terming such a government action “undemocratic, unprincipled and reflection of anarchist politics”.
In a statement issued here, a PDP spokesman said the political leadership of Jammu and Kashmir was being “hounded for simply being conscious and echoing the public sentiment.”
He said the reasons for prosecution of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was that she resisted every evil design of the BJP against the core interests of Jammu and Kashmir and that the government had made her a target of malicious vendetta.
“The arrest is a clear case of political vendetta and yet another example of vengeance for standing up against the assaults being made by the BJP against Jammu and Kashmir’s unique position,” said the spokesman.
A meeting of senior PDP leaders was held in Jammu in which the slapping of the PSA on former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was condemned in unison.
Speaking on the occasion, PDP general secretary Surinder Choudhary termed such a government action as a clarion call for all saner voices in Jammu and Kashmir’s political landscape to unite and stand up against such a ruthless fascism which was taking its toll at present.
He said the PSA against Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah, Dr Farooq and Sartaj Madni was a clear attempt by the government to undermine institutions of justice, democracy and fair play.
He said the PDP was mulling to contact other political groups so that a joint strategy was devised that could foil the BJP’s such unconstitutional and undemocratic measures with impeccable will and courage.
CPM seeks release of former CMs
- New Delhi: The CPM on Friday condemned the imposition of the Public Safety Act on former Chief Ministers of the erstwhile state of J&K, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, and demanded their release, along with others, who had been detained since the abrogation of Article 370.
- The party high command said the release of all those who had been detained on the night of August 4 last year was imperative “to re-establish the Constitution and democracy”.
- In a statement, the CPM said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha, claimed that the statements made by the two former CMs were “not acceptable”. It had now been shown that these statements had been taken from a Twitter handle of a satire website “Faking News”.
