Car Bomb Threat: J&K Administration Disallows Mehbooba Mufti's Youth Convention
NDTV
The police claimed that there was a serious threat of attacks, and allowing the convention at the high profile area would have jeopardised security.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration today disallowed a youth convention by the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Srinagar. Party workers protested the move and accused the administration of a partisan approach and selective banning of political activities. They reason they have turned you away from my door is because they are petrified of your voice and what it can achieve. You were prevented from reaching me today but this makes us more determined to remain steadfast on our mission of peace with dignity.1/n pic.twitter.com/PWyokTggtN
The police said that besides the Covid protocol, the convention was disallowed because they had intelligence information about possible car bomb attacks targeting civilians and high-profile installations.
The youth convention was called by Mehbooba Mufti at her residence on Gupkar road. The former Chief Minister walked past hundreds of empty chairs in the lawns at her residence to show how the government barred the convention in the name of Covid protocol. She alleged that the government is pushing the youth to the wall by denying them political space in Kashmir.
"These empty chairs reflect the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Our meeting with young people was sabotaged by this government on the pretext of Covid, but no such excuse is employed when other parties hold public meetings,'' said Ms Mufti in a video message.