Ahead of all-party delegation visit, Mehbooba objects curfew in Kashmir
September 19th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Sep.19 (ANI): Annoyed over the curfew imposed in parts of Kashmir valley, main Opposition leader in Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that her party would have to reconsider attending the all-party delegation visiting the Valley on Monday.
The delegation will arrive here to assess the ground situation following a cycle of protest strikes and imposition of
frequent curfew restrictions upsetting normal life in the valley for last three months.
“Well, if the siege is like this, then we will have to think again because it is not going to serve any purpose because we
want them (all party team) to come here. I said we will have to consider it. We are watching the situation,” said Mehbooba
Mufti who is also the Peoples Democratic Party chief.
She accused the Jammu and Kashmir government, which is an ally of central ruling Congress party, of enforcing a 72-hour
shutdown to sabotage the meeting.
“They have already started the process of sabotage, they have already started the process that the real problem of people
does not reach the delegation; otherwise I don’t understand that you know why this 72 hours curfew has been ordered today
when there has been no call from Hurriyat today,” said Mufti.
Further, the Opposition leader noted that the National Conference had been diluting the grievances of the people by citing
some Pakistan miscreants or people with vested interest as those responsible behind the cycle of protests.
“You are being misled if they tell you that something that is sponsored just by Pakistan or it is some vested interest. It is
a mass uprising and it has a reason; it has many reasons including there is a Kashmir problem which needs unconditional
dialogue but the situation has been precipitated by the misgovernance and mishandling of the present regime,” added Mufti.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday (September 15) had convened an all-party meeting in New Delhi to consider the
revocation of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the troubled valley region of Jammu and Kashmir.
It was decided that a team of all political parties’ representatives would visit the valley region to elicit public opinion.
(ANI)
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