BJP has turned J-K into Afghanistan: Mehbooba Mufti on anti-encroachment drive
New Delhi, Feb 6: Jammu and Kashmir has been turned into Afghanistan by the BJP which is using bulldozers to demolish the homes of poor and marginalised under the ongoing anti-encroachment drive, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti alleged Monday.
Addressing a press conference here, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief appealed to Opposition leaders in the country not to be a mute spectator to the "atrocities being committed by the BJP".
She alleged the BJP is using its brute majority to weaponize everything and "bulldoze" the Constitution.
"Palestine is still better. At least people talk. Kashmir is becoming worse than Afghanistan the way bulldozers are being used to demolish homes of people. What is the purpose of demolishing small houses of people," she said.
Mehbooba said that according to the government even the centuries-old Shankaracharya Temple and cantonment built by the erstwhile Maharaja are also on encroached land.
The PDP leader said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha may claim that the houses of poor will not be touched during the anti-encroachment drive but his message is not being heard on the ground as dwellings even with tin sheds are being demolished.
She said the initial call for 'Ek Samvidhan, Ek Vidhan, Ek Pradhan' has given way to 'one country, one language, one religion' where there is no Constitution.
Voice of anyone speaking about the Constitution is being crushed, she said.
"Was removal of Article 370 in accordance with the Constitutional provisions?," she asked.
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Actor Chethan Ahimsa sent to 14-day judicial custody
Bengaluru: Kannada actor Chethan Ahimsa was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by the 32nd ACMM Court on Tuesday, for objectionable posts on the Sangh Parivar on social media.
Seshadripuram Police officers arrested the actor on Monday night, after filing FIR under IPC Sections 295A and 505B based on a complaint regarding his posts on the Sangh Parivar.
The actor was arrested and presented before the court on Tuesday morning.
