Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 4: President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti today alleged that the administration was resorting to selective targeting of leaders of her party as they are being asked to vacate from their official residences.
In a letter, which she has written to the LG Manoj Sinha, Mehbooba has said that she is concerned over the “selective targeting” of PDP leaders and former MLAs by the administration.
“I am deeply concerned by the manner in which the administration is selectively targeting PDP leaders and ex MLAs. At a time when militancy is on the rise yet again, they have been made to vacate their official residences in Srinagar without providing any alternate accommodation,” Mehbooba has written in the letter.
She has stated that what makes matters worse is that even “after their repeated requests to grant them security in villages where they originally reside, these requests have been declined for reasons best known to you.”
“The state administration has cited the presence of militants for their refusal to provide security. But the same administration has no qualms in evicting them from secure government accommodations in Srinagar and deliberately putting them in harm’s way,” the letter reads.
Further, it has been stated that it is no secret that “in recent times we have witnessed how elected representatives have been targeted and even killed since they are soft targets especially when they are not provided with adequate security; let me also bring to your notice that the former MLA from PDP Zahoor Mir has been a victim of militancy himself. His father was shot dead by militants.”
She has stated in the letter that: “In such circumstances I find it surprising & extremely distressing that while on one hand there is a section of new politicians who are given all kinds of facilities including security to facilitate their movement throughout J&K. But on the other hand, members of PDP are treated with utter disdain and contempt.”
The PDP President has stated that it’s almost as if the administration is intentionally putting their lives at risk. “I would like to place it on record that if anything untoward happens to any of my party men, I will hold this administration responsible. I hope that you will intervene and take corrective steps immediately,” reads the letter.
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