PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti said that police “roughed up” its members while preventing the Youth Wing of the party from holding a meeting in Bijbehara.
Mehbooba, further said the Centre wants to justify its ‘iron fist approach’by branding all Kashmiris as perpetrators of violence.
Following the move, the PDP youth wing held a demonstration while raising slogans against the administration for not allowing the meeting.
In a series of tweets, the former chief minister wrote, “PDP youth is not being allowed to conduct a meeting in Bijbehara today. The gates leading to Mufti Sahab’s grave have been locked & blocked with barbed wires. Can @JmuKmrPolice explain why were these young men roughed up?”
Asserting that daily killings of militants have become a “source of celebration” for the GoI which she said was pushing Kashmiris to the wall by not allowing political activities.
“Daily encounters where militants are killed have become a source of celebration for GOI. But PDP doesn’t believe in violence or dignity in death. We want to fight peacefully & politically. By discouraging political activities GOI is pushing Kashmiris to the wall,” she said in another tweet