Mehbooba rejects Farooq’s invite to join Jantar Mantar protest
Jammu and Kashmir political leaders are divided over a protest in New Delhi regarding the restoration of statehood. While the National Conference plans to proceed, the PDP has refused to join unless the restoration of Article 370 is also included in the demands.
Why it matters
The disagreement highlights deep-seated political fractures within the region regarding constitutional status and the strategy for regaining political autonomy.
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and NC president Farooq Abdullah, along with party MLAs, left for New Delhi Saturday to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20 for restoration of statehood, even though police permission for the sit-in was yet to come.Omar told TOI that his party was talking to Delhi Police to grant permission for the protest.PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said her party would not join the protest unless the restoration of Article 370 was also included in the demands, while jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid announced that he would observe a one-day hunger strike in solidarity and would…
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