ISLAMABAD – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu andKashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti stoked a major political storm onWednesday after she set 2020 deadline for ending J&K’s accession with theunion of India. Mufti made these remarks shortly after filing hernomination papers from Anantnag parliamentary constituency.
“The 2020 will also be the deadline of J&K for the entire country. If theconditions of the accession are removed, then the relationship of Jammu andKashmir with the union of India will also end,” Mehbooba said.
She was reacting to BJP president Amit Shah’s statement that they wouldabrogate the Article 35 A from the Constitution of India in 2020.
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“Amusing. Amit Shah daydreams about scrapping Article 370 and PM hopes thatPak implodes. Nation wants to move on and focus on issues likeunemployment, inflation, etc but BJP can’t drop its obsession with Pak.This election forgets real issues, divisive politics will rule the roost,”Mufti said.