No other choice but to resist to exist: Mehbooba Mufti on anniversary of Art 370 abrogation – India Today

Mehbooba Mufti and PDP have been very vocal in their opposition to the abrogation of Article 370.

On the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti said, "When unbridled oppression is unleashed and gross injustice heaped there is no other choice but to resist to exist."

"No words or pictures are enough to depict the pain, torment & upheaval inflicted upon J&K on this black day two years ago. When unbridled oppression is unleashed & gross injustice heaped there is no other choice but to resist to exist," Mehbooba Mufti said in a tweet.

"Today is a day of mourning for J&K. BJP government started oppression, barbarism in 2019. It is unfortunate that BJP is celebrating while Kashmir is mourning. We will resist this. We will force the government to speak to Pakistan to address external dimensions," Mehbooba Mufti said.

"August 5 will always be a negative milestone in the history of J&K. It was a political and psychological setback for the people of J&K," Khursheed Alam of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference said.

Other mainstream political parties also have taken a public stand against the revocation of the special status but have given more importance to the restoration of statehood.

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The Gupkar in a statement also said since the last two years, the people of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered the most.

"August 5 marks the completion of two years since the unprecedented assault on the Constitution of India. By demolishing the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, the Government has crossed all the limits of constitutionality," Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, spokesperson of the Gupkar alliance said.

On August 5, 2019, Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced a proposal in Parliament for ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and its bifurcation into two Union Territories.

Mehbooba Mufti and PDP have been very vocal in their opposition to the abrogation of Article 370.

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