The former chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti on Monday hit out at the Bhartiya Janta Party and the Manoj Sinha-led admin and said people in Jammu Kashmir were forced to join the ongoing “charade” of patriotism on India’s 75th Independence Day.
Jawahar Lal Nehru standing tall between two flags,the Indian national flag & J&Ks state flag adopted constitutionally in 1952 & bulldozed in 2019 to fulfil BJPs divisive agenda. Now, every foundational value that the Indian flag stands for too lies in peril. pic.twitter.com/7NvQJ6VexJ
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) August 15, 2022
The PDP Chief took to Twitter and posted a photo of the first Indian Prime Minister, JL Nehru stating that everything the Indian flag stood for lies in perils now. ” Jawahar Lal Nehru standing tall between two flags,the Indian national flag & J&Ks state flag adopted constitutionally in 1952 & bulldozed in 2019 to fulfil BJPs divisive agenda. Now, every foundational value that the Indian flag stands for too lies in perils now,” she wrote referring to BJP’s unilateral abrogation of Article 370 on August 05, 2019.
Mehboob Mufti further said, “Lest we forget, people of J&K accepted Indian flag in October 1947. But on certain conditions & constitutional guarantees like their own flag & a separate constitution way before BJP’s ideological parent – the RSS accepted it.”
She also tweeted a video in which a Government employee (now suspended) was seen threatening the shopkeepers to pay 20 rupees for the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. “JK admin shamelessly boasts about Kashmiris hoisting Indian flag. Truth is they were threatened to do so or else face the consequences. Post 75 years of accession, GOI used all the might at its disposal to force people here to join its charade of pseudo & monetised patriotism,” Ms. Mufti wrote.