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Jammu: Accusing the BJP of turning Jammu and Kashmir into a prison, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party’s self-rule formula has the potential to resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir without compromising the sovereignty of India and Pakistan.
The former chief minister also said that her party would take a decision on pre-poll alliance only after the bugle for the assembly elections is sounded as she insisted that their coalition under Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) was meant for restoration of Article 370.
Addressing a press conference here after felicitating newly appointed general secretary Abdul Rashid Malik and provincial youth president and coordinator of all frontal organisations Parvez Waffa, she said the self-rule started the day former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee opened Muzaffarabad-Uri and Rawalakot-Poonch cross-LoC routes.
Billed as the biggest confidence-building measure, the bus service was started on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route in Kashmir in April 2005 and the Poonch-Rawalakot route in the Jammu region on June 20, 2006 to facilitate divided families on either side of the LoC to meet each other. The cross-LoC trade between the two sides started in October 2008.
However, the cross-LoC trade and bus service remained suspended since April 2019 after India cited misuse of the trade routes by Pakistan-based elements for supplying weapons, fake currency and narcotics.
“Nobody can stop the self-rule…if you want to resolve the issue of J&K under the constitutional framework, self-rule is the only option which can find a solution to the issue without changing the boundaries or compromising the integrity of both India and Pakistan, Mehbooba said.
Earlier during a programme, the Party President felicitated newly appointed General Secretary Abdul Rashid Malik & Haji Parvez Waffa, Provincial Youth President and Coordinator of All Frontal organization of PDP Jammu Province.Mehbooba Mufti hoped the Abdul Rashid Malik & Haji Parvez Waffa will work with more commitment and dedication in strengthen the Party at grass roots level.Haji Parvez Waffa, in his address, thanked the party leadership for reposing faith on him and assured to stand on the expectation of the Party.
He said will not leave no stone unturned in forwarding the agenda of the Party and will continue his fight for the restoration of Article 370 to protect the land and job rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir.
