Mehbooba Mufti says ‘alliance with BJP in Jammu & Kashmir was suicidal, experiment did not work’ 

Team Suno Neta Friday 14th of December 2018 09:54 PM
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Mehbooba Mufti.

The former chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, said, on Monday, her party going with the BJP to form the last government in the state, was “suicidal” and that she was “disappointed” that this experiment to begin the political process in the state did not work.

Speaking at an event organized by the Observer Research Foundation in Mumbai, Mufti said, “We knew it (alliance with the BJP) was suicidal for the party, yet we put everything at stake. For a party which is seen as one that encourages talks with separatists, we thought Modi will rise to the occasion and since (former Prime Minister Atal Bihari) Vajpayee did not have that kind of a mandate, we thought he will reach out to Pakistan, to the people of Jammu & Kashmir and start what Vajpayee had left.”

Mufti also said it was the “best time” for India to hold talks with Pakistan as the neighbouring country’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan is being touted as a “proxy” their army. If taken the initiative now, the talks between the two neighbours can prove “beneficial”, she said.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader said she is ready to join hands with any political party that will support the “resolution” of the Jammu & Kashmir issue. “If we can join hands with the BJP, we can do so with anyone for resolution of the J&K issue,” she said.

She said there was a huge difference between former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government and the current one under Modi.

Praising Vajpayee, Mufti said, “Vajpayee was spontaneous and down to earth … he never looked back or over his shoulder. He was a statesman. Today’s NDA is more focused in winning elections.”


 

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