Regional PDP president and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said “cosmetic steps” of inauguration of international flights and medical colleges by Union Home Minister Amit Shah will not address the actual problem in the region.
“HM inaugurating international flights from Srinagar & laying foundation of new medical colleges isn’t new. Half a dozen medical colleges were sanctioned by UPA gov & are functional now. Post Article 370 abrogation & an engineered crisis, J&K has been thrown into chaos (sic),” she tweeted.
The PDP chief said that the visit of Home Minister should have been preceded to conduct all party meeting so that the Centre could have reached to the actual situation of J&K post abrogation of Article 370.
“This crisis is of GOI’s making & instead of reaching out they opted for cosmetic steps that don’t address the actual problem. Ideally HM’s visit should have been preceded by following up on PM’s assurance post the all-party meeting,” she said.
“CBM’s such as lifting the siege that J&K has been put under since 2019, releasing prisoners, ending the harassment people here face on a daily basis, taking tangible steps to revive the economy, especially horticulture would have provided a sense of relief,” the PDP chief said in another tweet.
Slamming the stringent measures ahead of HM’s visit, she alleged: “Prior to his visit, 700 civilians were detained, booked under PSA & many shifted to jails outside Kashmir. Such oppressive steps further vitiate an already tense atmosphere. ‘normalcy Acrobatics’ are in full swing while reality is denied & obfuscated.”
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Published 23 October 2021, 11:59 IST