The remarks of the PDP leader have also been criticized by Congress. (File)
Srinagar:
Hours after People’s Democratic Party leader Mehooba Mufti spoke at her first press conference since her release from 14 months of detention, the BJP accused her on Friday of making “seditious remarks” . “We will only hoist the national flag after our national flag returns. The national flag is here only because of this flag and this constitution (of Jammu and Kashmir). We are linked to the rest of the country because of this flag, ”Ms. Mufti, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said on Friday, drawing criticism from BJP and Congress.
Hitting PDP chairman over the comments, J&K BJP chairman Ravinder Raina told reporters: “I ask Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to take note of Mehbooba Mufti’s seditious remarks, to reserve it for the act. seditious and put her behind bars “.
“We will sacrifice every drop of our blood for our flag, our country and our homeland. Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of our country, so only one flag can be hoisted … and that is the national flag,” did he declare. PTI agency reported.
Regarding the centre’s decision last year to remove the special status of J&K last year, he said no decision made by the government could be reversed. “I warn leaders like Mehbooba Mufti not to incite the people of Kashmir. We will not allow anyone to disturb the peace, normality and brotherhood. If there is a problem, she will have to suffer the consequences,” added the head of J&K BJP.
Ms Mufti launched a beating attack on the center on Friday, saying her party “would not give up the constitutional battle” to reclaim the special status withdrawn by the center in a controversial decision taken in August last year. “A thief can be powerful but he must return the stolen goods. They demolished the constitution … Parliament did not have the power to withdraw a special statute,” she told reporters, criticizing the central government .
“Those who think we are going to abandon Kashmir are wrong,” she said, adding that she would not stand in any election until Article 370 was reinstated. “I contested elections under our own constitution. How can I stand for election when this constitution has been abolished, ”she said.
The remarks of the PDP leader have also been criticized by Congress. “Such statements are intolerable and unacceptable in any society,” said chief spokesperson for the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Ravinder Sharma.
Reacting to her statement, Mr Sharma said she was very defiant and irresponsible and hurt people’s feelings.
J&K political leaders, including Ms Mufti, Farooq Abdullah and her son Omar, have been detained for months as part of measures taken by the center to avoid backlash against news of its decision to withdraw special status and to divide the old state into two Union territories in August. 5, 2019.
Ms. Mufti was released last week while the Abdullahs were released in March.
(With PTI entries)
