Jammu suffered most with Art 370: Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu, Aug 1: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Friday reiterated that Jammu suffered the most due to abrogation of Article 370.

She asserted that the resolution to J&K problem from New Delhi would come later; first it should emerge from Jammu.

“However, it can happen when Kashmir and Jammu will walk together and will be on the same page vis-à-vis way to resolve problems confronting Jammu and Kashmir,” she said, while addressing the party workers here in Jammu.

PDP president recalled she would ask the former Chief Minister and PDP’s founder president Mufti Mohammad Sayeed why he used to spend a lot of time in Jammu.

“Mufti Sahib would say – you (Mehbooba) would not understand how important it is to take Kashmir and Jammu along. Unless they (both regions) don’t come on the same page, no resolution to the Jammu and Kashmir problem will emerge,” she reminisced, quoting her illustrious father.

She stated that it was very easy to go for war but to establish peace was a herculean task.

“Anyone can trigger war by just resorting to bomb explosions anywhere. Therefore, I want to tell people, mainly those from Jammu, that PDP is a political party committed to peace. We always talk about peace as we care for our people. Wars have only brought misery to our people; turned the people of the country poorer except a couple of billionaires,” she said.