I suffered by joining hands with Modi-led BJP: Mehbooba
Jammu, July 30 : Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that Jammu and Kashmir prospered when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister but she had suffered now despite joining hands with the BJP led by Narendra Modi.
Addressing a public meeting here to commemorate the 19th foundation day of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti said: "Though the PDP (then) was in a ruling alliance with the Congress, the state prospered when Vajpayee was the Prime Minister."
She, however, said that despite joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she had suffered during Narendra Modi's Prime ministership.
She justified her father the late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's decision to join hands with the BJP. "Mufti Sahab agreed to join hands with the BJP in 2015 because we had a good understanding during Vajpayee's reign.
"But this time, it was a difficult decision. Forming an alliance with the BJP was like drinking poison," she added.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
