Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 5: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has laid a dreadful trap to divide people of the State on the basis of sects, communities and regions.
Addressing party workers’ convention in north Kashmir’s Uri, Mehbooba cautioned the people about sinister motives of the BJP to fragment people on the basis of sects, communities and regions. She said that a very dreadful trap is being laid by the BJP so that it could divide residents of Jammu and Kashmir into Paharis, Gujjar Bakerwal, Shia, Sunni and Barelvis.
“They want to give an impression that only Kashmiri speaking people of the Valley are for special status of the State. While the fact remains that every single citizen of the State irrespective of his religion, language and sect holds our special status dearer than life”, said PDP president.
Mehbooba asked people to remain alert and defeat the designs of these forces. “These nefarious designs are being implemented in the State so that it could deprive us of our special status and unique identity besides altering state’s Muslim majority character. Stay alert and not to allow the divisive and communal elements succeed in their villainous motives”, she added.
She said that while the State is going through tough times, people are knowledgeable enough to know what are the threats and the stakes involved. She said proxies are being fielded in Kashmir so as to erode the special status and scrap Article 35-A.
Mehbooba asked workers, to come forward in droves to support PDP’s candidates so that the party with greater force could thwart the assaults being launched against core interests of the State.
The PDP president said that PDP as the largest political party of the State has always strived for the resolution of the problems through peace and empowerment of people.
“It is Uri that Mufti Sahib made the very basis of proving how sincerity of purpose and strong resolve can make it possible to move forward on resolution of the issue of Kashmir”, she said.
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