"Unfortunately, under the governor's nose, there is selective targeting of Gujjars and Bakerwals in Jammu and the governor's administration is not taking note of it," Mehbooba told a press conference here.
Shahid-ul-Islam, belonging to the moderate Hurriyat group headed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in 2018 and was presently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
Mufti described Tuesday the local militants as "sons of the soil", saying that the Centre should initiate dialogue with the militant leadership to end the "gun culture".
Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that local militants as "sons of soil" and efforts should be made to save them.
Mehbooba Mufti calls local militants 'sons of soil', urgers Centre to initiate dialogue with the militant leadership
Mufti said she expected Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reach out to Pakistan when PDP entered into a tie-up with the BJP to form government in J&K.
Mehbooba pointed out that Sharda Peeth, besides being an important pilgrimage for the Kashmiri Pandit community, has historically been the seat of knowledge and learning for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mehbooba further said in the statement, the decision taken by Pakistan is appreciable and the same was reciprocated with grace and statesmanship by the leadership of our country.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president called for immediate rollback of the decision taken by Governor S P Malik-led state administrative council (SAC).
“Shocked to see baseless allegations against mainstream parties in JK following dictates from Pakistan levelled by @rammadhavbjp ji,” PDP chief Mufti said in a series of tweets.
The Governor played a masterstroke at night and abruptly dissolved the assembly, ending all possibilities of government formation.
In a statement issued by the Raj Bhavan, Governor Malik said there were reports of extensive horse-trading and possible exchange of money in order to secure support from legislators.
In a terse announcement, Governor Satya Pal Malik said that he was exercising powers conferred on him by the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution and dissolving the House which had two more years to go.
Speculation have been rife since Tuesday night that the three parties were planning to join forces to restrict BJP's chances of returning to power.
"Pushing youth to the wall will be counter productive. Centre must intervene in withdrawing cases against students & AMU authorities must revoke their suspension,” she posted on Twitter.
Describing the situation in the Valley as grave, Mehbooba Mufti urged political parties to find a solution to end the bloodshed. She iterated the need of dialogue with Pakistan.
Today a PhD scholar chose death over life & was killed in an encounter. His death is entirely our loss as we are losing young educated boys everyday, says Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba asserted that dialogue was the only way forward to address the issue of terrorism in the state.
Mehbooba nominated senior leader and former minister Abdul Rehman Veeri as the vice-president of the party, a PDP spokesman said in Srinagar.
She was referring to the reports of two of BJP MLAs from Jammu region coming out in support of Article 35-A, which is facing a legal challenge in the Supreme Court.
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