Accuses Mehbooba Mufti of being Commander in chief of undeclared war against Majority community in J&K
Srinagar: AIP Supremo and MLA Langate Er. Rashid has said while Mehboba Mufti has every right to celebrate Dewali as head of the state and as a Muslim, but she has to answer why Muslims could not offer Friday Prayers in the largest historical Jamia Masjid Srinagar and why were strict restrictions imposed on Moharram processions. In a statement issued today Er. Rashid said “on one hand Mehbooba Mufti is trying to portray herself as architect of communal harmony by participating in Dewali celebrations but on the other hand she has become commander in chief of new Dehli’s undeclared war against Majority community of J&K and is bulldozing their administrative and religious rights. New terror series of crackdowns from Kupwara to Qazigund has made life of people a hell. While Mehbooa was celebrating Dewali, in Bandipora, Tral, Shopian, Kandi, Nutnussa, Rahmoo, Parimpora and various other places in Kashmir, men, women and children were forced to get humiliated and tortured at the hands of security forces. Mehbooba has to answer that why Jamia Masjid stands sealed for sixteen consecutives Fridays and what forced her to disallow Moharram processions all over Kashmir. Her all arguments and excuses stand exposed as she has no answers to what Muslims in Jammu province are facing. Not only grave yards, mosques and shrines in Sunderbani, Rajouri, Samba and other places are being desecrated on and often by fundamentalist forces but the religious clerks in Chinab valley are being forced to toe official line in Friday sermons and are being booked for denying same. Similarly scores of religious clerks have been booked in every district of Kashmir valley only for condemning state terrorism”.