Kashmir has become an open air prison, says Iltija Mufti, Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter
Kashmir Updates -GULF NEWS- 3 OCTOBER , 2019
Iltija Mufti, daughter of Mehbooba Mufti, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, feels that Kashmir has been turned into an open air prison by the BJP-led government in India. Recently allowed by the country’s Supreme Court to meet her mother, who has been under detention following revocation of Kashmir’s autonomy and statewide clampdown, Iltija speaks of a simmering rage in the Valley faced with an unprecedented information blockade for nearly 60 days now.
Iltija: The government of India wants to smother Kashmiri voices. It has illegally detained everyone from elected representatives, party workers, civil society members and hasn’t even spared minors. In such an oppressive atmosphere, I wasn’t left with any choice but to speak up. I have received veiled threats but I am not the one to get bullied. I am here to tell the truth.
Depends on how one defines normal. They have come up with ridiculous templates of normality such as traffic movement. The truth is that the state is on the verge of an economic, humanitarian and medical crisis. This unilateral and ill thought decision has paralysed the state, ravaging any sense of normality it ever had.
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