OMAR, MEHBOOBA CRITICISE CENTRE FOR DISEMPOWERING THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR

Two former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah have reacted to many decisions of the Central government in the recent past and have criticised the BJP for disempowering the people of Jammu and Kashmir post 5 August 2019.

Omar Abdullah said that there has been no development as promised by the central government after disempowering people by snatching their rights and privileges with the abrogation of Article 370.

He claimed that the central government is only taking away not only the rights but the symbols of self-respect like state flag, state constitution and changing the laws to pile up unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir.

Taking a dig at the BJP government he said, “Have J&K unemployed youth got jobs? We were told investors will come from all over the world to invest here. Has a single company invested in Jammu and Kashmir?”

Omar Abdullah has said that the BJP government has lost the plot on Kashmir and they will have to restore the rights of the people in order to bring peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

Taking a dig at the levels of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti, after being denied passport, on Monday took to Twitter and said, “Passport Office refused to issue my passport based on CID’s report citing it as ‘detrimental to the security of India. This is the level of normalcy achieved in Kashmir since Aug 2019 that an ex Chief Minister holding a passport is a threat to the sovereignty of a mighty nation.”

Reacting to the denial of passport Omar Abdullah tweeted and said, “What a shame J&K police is going along with this farce. How is it that Mehbooba Mufti was not a threat to the nation when her party was allied with the BJP? As Chief Minister she was in charge of the Home Department & head of the Unified Command, now suddenly she’s a threat!”

Both these chief ministers have been very critical in the recent past about the policies of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir and have accused them of suppressing the dissent by unleashing agencies like ED and NIA to silence all voices of opposition.