BJP seeks Mehbooba Mufti’s apology for Taliban remarks

The BJP on Sunday sought an apology from PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for her reference to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to name upon the federal government to revive Jammu and Kashmir’s particular standing, and demanded an investigation to establish whether or not she has any hyperlinks with the outfit.

Lashing out at Mehbooba, the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit basic secretary and former MLC Vibodh Gupta stated the union territory is not going to develop into hostage to their “politics of deceit and hypocrisy”.

“The individuals have outright rejected the politics of polarisation and have again and again reposed their religion within the imaginative and prescient of PM Narendra Modi,” he stated.

Gupta condemned Mehbooba’s “unruly assertion” and stated she has disrespected the youth of Jammu and Kashmir by “drawing a comparability between the Taliban — a terrorist organisation — and our youth”.

He sought an apology from the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) president and former chief minister.

“From supporting the Taliban to her pro-Pakistan stand and anti-national remarks, Mehbooba has repeatedly tried to disturb the peace of J-Ok. Her hyperlinks with Taliban or ISI must be investigated…,” he stated.

Addressing her get together staff on Saturday, Mehbooba had requested the Centre to take a lesson out of Afghanistan the place the Taliban seized energy and made the US flee, and urged the federal government to carry dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir and return its particular standing which was revoked in 2019.

Referring to the Taliban seizing energy in Afghanistan, the previous chief minister warned the Centre “to not take a look at us” and requested the federal government to “mend its methods, perceive the state of affairs, and see what is going on in your neighbourhood.”

BJP chief Gupta additionally appealed to his get together staff to affix the prime minister’s name for constructing a “new and powerful India”.

“Underneath his visionary management, a brand new and powerful India is taking form and let’s vow to develop into part of this modification,” he stated.