'Naya Kashmir' reminiscent of middle ages in Europe, says Peoples Democratic Party
India Today
The Peoples Democratic Party in its monthly newsletter released on Monday said that ‘Naya Kashmir’ was reminiscent of Europe in the middle ages and that there was no end to the centre’s “oppressive and punitive measures.”
The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said there is no end in sight to the centre's "oppressive and punitive" measures in Jammu and Kashmir even after over three years have passed since the abrogation of article 370 in August 2019.
In the October edition of its monthly newsletter 'Speak Up' released on Monday, the party attacked the government over a host of issues including the use of the Public Safety Act (PSA) and the alleged "war on Kashmir's horticulture industry"
The party charged that after shutting down Jamia Masjid and "forcing" Kashmiri school children to sing 'bhajans', "they are now targeting our religious scholars, slapping them with GOI's personal favourite, the draconian PSA".
"Nothing says 'Vishv Guru' quite like flogging the citizens of your only Muslim majority state. Three years past the abrogation and there is no end in sight to GOI's oppressive and punitive measures," the PDP charged.
Referring to the recent issue of fruit trucks stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the party charged that the Centre's "war on Kashmir's horticulture industry" is a perfect example of "oppressive and punitive measures" where "all our fruit has been rendered forbidden".
"If it is the collapse of an economy you seek to hasten, then you break its backbone. GOI's war on Kashmir's horticulture industry is a perfect example of the above where all our fruit has been rendered forbidden," it said.
"Naturally, in keeping with their past practices, they have turned a blind eye to the problems faced by Kashmiri fruit growers. Prices of Kashmiri apples have fallen as low as Rs 20 due to the import of Iranian apples and most of our fruit is rotting in trucks that spend days stuck on the national highway," the newsletter read.
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