JAMMU: Former chief minister and opposition National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah today claimed that the PDP-BJP Government in the State was rendered “defunct” and its writ was being questioned on a daily basis by quarters it had tried to first appease and then, suppress.
“Such is the writ of the Government in the Valley that business establishments, transport, schools and every other sphere of activity is running as per the weekly protest schedules and calendars,” he told an NC rally at Kishtwar.
Abdullah said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should not “misinterpret” the signs of normalcy and activities in the Valley as restoration of normalcy as all such activities were being carried out “in accordance with the weekly schedules being issued by Hurriyat leaders”.
“Mehbooba Mufti should see the writing on the wall and understand that the mass discontent is not only due to the complete refusal of the Government to acknowledge the Kashmir issue, but also because of the PDP’s betrayal to those who had voted for and supported it during the 2014 election,” he said, while referring to the “anti-BJP” plank of the PDP during electioneering and its subsequent “U-turns” in the run-up to forging an alliance with the saffron party. (AGENCIES)
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