'Lacklustre': PDP takes swipe at NC's Delhi protest for J&K statehood
The PDP has criticized the National Conference for holding a 'lacklustre' protest in Delhi regarding Jammu and Kashmir's statehood. The PDP refused to participate, arguing the protest failed to address the restoration of Article 370.
Why it matters
The disagreement highlights ongoing political tensions and strategic divisions among regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir.
NEW DELHI: As the ruling National Conference (NC) staged a protest in Delhi demanding the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Monday dismissed the demonstration as a "lacklustre and deliberately understated one-day event."She argued that had the protest been held at Jantar Mantar—the capital's designated venue for demonstrations—it would have echoed with slogans demanding the restoration of the Union Territory's special status."Instead of a lacklustre, deliberately understated and soft-pedalled one-day event at a random Delhi club without even a whimper about Article 370, imagine a protest in Jantar Mantar reverberating with slogans for reinstituting Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status," PTI quoted Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, as saying.Calling it "unfortunate", Iltija Mufti claimed that the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir was attempting to "normalise" what she described as the "illegal and disempowering" abrogation…
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