Mehbooba Mufti, the Peoples Democratic Party President has said that the abrogation of article-370 and 35A has weakened India in Kashmir and strengthened the separatist sentiment in Kashmir.
Mufti made the comments while talking to NDTV, on the sidelines of the the meeting of People’s Alliance of Gupkar Declaration’s (PAGD) on Tuesday.
The former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir said that the mainstream parties were acting like a bridge between India and Jammu Kashmir and that the actions by the center weakened that bridge, “Mainstream parties, Article 370 and Article 35A were the bridge between Jammu Kashmir and India. What was done by the Centre weakened India in Jammu Kashmir,”
She further said that the failure on the ground has prompted the center to invite the unionists from Kashmir for a meeting, “More boys are picking up guns, the situation is not getting better in J-K, and there is so much suppression. So the center has realized that the suppression is not working,” Mehbooba said.
Adding that while she was not too excited about the outcome of the meeting, she, however, was hopeful that something would come out of it, ” I hope it is more than a photo-op.”