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Mehbooba Mufti alleges Centre uses "repression" to deal with J&K situation

People's Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged that "repression" is the only method of the Centre to deal with the Jammu and Kashmir situation."Even after turning Kashmir into an open-air prison, Bipin Rawat's statement comes as no surprise because repression is GOIs only method to deal with the situation in J & K. It also contradicts their official narrative that all is well here," Mufti said in a tweet reacting to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat's statement over warning of further curbs in Kashmir.Bipin Rawat had on Saturday said that "overflow" of the situation in Afghanistan can happen in Jammu and Kashmir and "we have to prepare for it"."What is happening in Afghanistan, we know its overflow can happen in Jammu and Kashmir, We have to prepare for it, seal our borders, monitoring has become very important. We have to keep an eye on who's coming from outside, checking should be done," CDS Gen Rawat said on the sidelines of an event in ...

Mehbooba Mufti slams Centre over Amit Shah's J&K visit

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday slammed Centre over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's three-day J&K visit.

Will seek transfer of Mufti's plea in PMLA case to SC: Centre to Delhi HC

The Centre Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it will seek the transfer of Mehbooba Mufti's challenge to the Constitutional validity of a provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to the Supreme Court. In view of the Centre's stand, a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh adjourned the hearing on the former J&K Chief Minsiter's petition till September 30. Several petitions concerning various provisions and scheme of PMLA...are pending. Matter has been assigned to a special bench and parties have exchanged questions, one of which is directly in question here, said Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Centre. Can we say you would prefer a transfer petition?, the court questioned the Solicitor General who responded, Yes, you can. I intend to move a transfer petition. If they agree, we can do it together, Solicitor General added. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju added that the questions before the Supreme Court included

J&K: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti says she is under house arrest

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday claimed that she has been placed under house arrest, and said the move has exposed the government's claims of normalcy

Denial of last rites to Geelani's family against humanity: Mehbooba Mufti

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said denial of last rites to the family of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was against humanity and had saddened the people of Jammu and Kashmir

Brotherhood, communal harmony being sought to be finished: Mehbooba

J&K acceded to the secular India of Mahatma Gandhi, which was founded on brotherhood and communal harmony, but these are now being sought to be finished, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said

Mehbooba indulging in 'politics of hatred' after losing ground in J&K: BJP

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Saturday lashed out at PDP president Mehbooba Mufti

Scored self-goal: Mufti slams Centre for NIA raids on Jamaat-e-Islami

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday described the NIA raids against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in Jammu and Kashmir as a self-goal for the Centre, saying instead of fighting an ideology with a better idea, the government was crushing contrarian thought with an iron fist. NIA raids on Jamaat is emblematic of GOI (Government of India) waging a war against its so called 'integral part'. Instead of fighting an ideology with a better idea it is crushing contrarian thought with an iron fist, Mufti wrote on Twitter. She said such oppressive measures may seem to work temporarily, but in the long run it will prove to be counter-productive. The gulf between J&K and rest of the country widens with every passing day. It is a self-goal, she said. The NIA on Sunday carried out multiple raids against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) linked members across Jammu and Kashmir, over two years after the religious group was banned by the Centre under anti-terror laws. The joint raids by the NIA along with the ...

'Gupkar gang' will not throw the match in Jammu & Kashmir

The participation of the J&K political parties should not be seen as an endorsement of state reorganisation any more than their participation in the District Development Council elections was

Mehbooba seeks LG's intervention of eviction of PDP leaders from quarters

J-K PDP president Mehbooba Mufti sought intervention of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha against the alleged forcible eviction of her party leaders, from their government quarters.

To close 'dil ki doori' with Jammu and Kashmir, govt on welfare road

It looks to consolidate gains in Jammu and Kashmir and act fast while Pakistan is focused on Afghan developments

Suppression in J&K must end to make PM's dialogue process credible: Mufti

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said dialogue process initiated by PM Modi with J&K mainstream leadership can gain credibility by ending an "era of oppression and suppression"

Thaw on the western front

Talks with Taliban, J&K leaders, thaw with Pakistan are strategic imperatives for Modi govt. It can't covet US as Quad ally in the east and work at counter-purposes with them in the west

Modi's bid to end 'Dil & Dilli Ki Doori' with J&K: What happened in meeting

Committed to restoring J&K statehood, says PM Modi at all-party meet

Farooq Abdullah overtly flagged a return to the pre-5 August 2019 status of J&K when Article 370 was written down. In an emotional speech he spoke about the loss of trust

'J&K election process will begin after delimitation': PM at all-party meet

Our priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy in J&K. Delimitation has to happen at a quick pace so that polls can happen and J&K gets an elected Government, says Modi

PM Modi's all-party meet on J&K: No big expectations, say experts

"It is a sequel to the democratic process of elections already on in the region and should be seen as just that: nothing more, nothing less," say top government sources

Most leaders invited for PM's Thursday meet on JK reach Delhi

Most of the 14 leaders including four ex-chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir invited for an all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the union territory on June 24 have arrived here by Wednesday evening. The Thursday's meeting will be the first between the Centre and mainstream Jammu and Kashmir politicians after the abrogation of Article 370 and the divisions of the erstwhile state into two union territories in 2019. With no agenda announced for the Thursday meeting, the J&K leaders said they will go with an open mind. "We have not been given an agenda. We will be attending the meeting to know what the Centre is offering, said CPM leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, who is also a spokesman for the six-party People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD). Tarigami is among the 14 leaders invited for the all-party meeting convened by Modi. Others invited include four former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. The ...

Will press for restoration of J-K's special status at PM's meeting: Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti said the Centre should hold dialogue with everyone, including Pakistan, to resolve the Kashmir issue

Crucial PDP meeting underway to discuss Centre's invitation for talks

The meet began at 11 am at PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's 'Fairview' residence at Gupkar