Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 29: Former J&K Chief Minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti today alleged that Government at the Centre is fuelling communal tension to divert the public attention from the basic issues like, unemployment, development deficit and price hike.
Talking to media-persons on the sidelines of a party meeting here today, PDP chief said that having failed in keeping check on inflation, providing jobs to the youth and ensuring better development in the country and the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP led Government at the Centre is trying to create communal tension and divert attention of the public from the basic issues.
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PDP president blamed former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud for his ‘bad decision”, which she claimed has led to searches in mosques and could push the country towards division as the foundation of secularism is being shaken. She said these actions are being carried out to divert public attention from issues like jobs crisis and price hike.
“I want to say that one of our former Chief Justices of India has done a very bad thing for this country by giving a decision regarding the Gyanvapi Mosque that allows action to be taken wherever a complaint is raised,” Mufti stated.
“This will lead the country toward division. It is dragging us toward bloodshed, as we saw in some incidents in Uttar Pradesh, where four or five innocent people were caught in the chaos,” she added.
Referring to a previous Supreme Court decision to maintain the status quo of all religious places, Mufti said, “This is despite the 1991 Supreme Court judgment, which clearly stated that the status of all religious places as they existed in 1947 — be it temples or mosques — must not be altered.”
“Unfortunately, the former Chief Justice passed a judgment that has led to a situation where Shivlings are being searched for in every mosques. This interference has even extended to sacred Muslim sites like Ajmer Sharif, which holds significance for Hindus as well,” she added.
The PDP chief said that more Hindus visit Ajmer Sharif to pray and seek blessings than the Muslims. “This shrine is over 800 years old. If this trend continues, I fear they might soon start searching Muslim homes,” she said.
It is pertinent to mention here that on Wednesday, a court in Ajmer issued notices to the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Ajmer Dargah Committee seeking their response to a petition that sought a physical survey of the Dargah.
Expressing her concerns about the state of the nation, Mufti said, “If this continues, God forbid, we may return to the conditions of partition in 1947.”
Referring to the secular foundations of the country, she said. “Let us not forget that leaders like Jawahar Lal Nehru, Gandhi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Sardar Patel built this country on the foundation of secularism. Now, those very foundations are being shaken. Hindus and Muslims are being pitted against each other.”
Mehbooba also criticized the government and said, “They have no jobs to offer, no good schools or hospitals and no support for farmers. Instead, by creating Hindu-Muslim conflicts, they are diverting attention from the pressing public issues,” she asserted.
Several senior and middle rung party leaders were also present on the occasion.
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