Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday launched a frontal attack on the BJP and said its claims on development, zero tolerance for corruption and restoration of grassroots democracy in Jammu and Kashmir were hallow.
The former chief minister also criticised the saffron party for its opt-repeated attacks on three families -- Gandhi family (Congress), Abdullah family (National Conference) and Mufti family (PDP) -- and said it has “10 times more people linked to political families” compared to all opposition parties together in the country.
Addressing a well-attended one-day party convention here, Mehbooba while referring to the recent visit of Union home minister Amit Shah to J&K and his address at two public rallies in Rajouri and Baramulla said “they (BJP) are making false claims to mislead the public”.
“Other than attacking the three families, he talked about development (post abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019), zero tolerance for corruption and democracy...I want to ask the people of Jammu whether his claims are true or false,” she said.
Mehbooba had to abruptly end her 25-minute speech after she felt uneasiness.
She alleged that the BJP has always misled the people of Jammu by raising the bogey of discrimination that Kashmiris were their enemies. She said the party had promised “streams of milk and honey” to the Jammu region after the revocation of the Article 370.
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