Country going through tumultuous phase: Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar, Mar 31: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti today said that the country is going through tumultuous circumstances.

Mehbooba was addressing a rally of opposition parties at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, a news agency, KNS said.

“India is going through a tumultuous phase. The opponents from political class are being sent to lock-ups without providing them a free and fair trial. They are being victimised. I am not talking about Sidiq Kapan, Mohammad Zubair, rather I am talking of your elected representatives who have been elected by you through your precious vote. It is very sad how they are being falsely implicated into corruption cases and detained without any trial,” Mehbooba said.

She said the ongoing turbulent situation the country is going through is not new for people of Jammu and Kashmir. “We have witnessed the same situation in J&K from last five years. Thousands of J&K youth are languishing in jails. I, Omar Abdullah and Dr Farooq Abdullah – the three former chief ministers of J&K – were detained arbitrarily. The nation was told afterwards our detention was in the interest of national security,” Mehbooba said.