"Rather Than Using Threats And Sticks...": Mehbooba Mufti To BJP
NDTV
Mehbooba Mufti also suggested that the ruling party should try to win hearts rather than using "threats and sticks" to silence the people.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday defended her party's alliance with the BJP after the last assembly elections, saying till the time the parties were in coalition together, she did not allow the BJP to do away with Article 370 of the Constitution.
She also suggested that the ruling party should try to win hearts rather than using "threats and sticks" to silence the people.
The former Chief Minister alleged that the BJP is disempowering the public of even the little rights which have been left with them after abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union territories in August 2019.
"People are troubled everywhere, whether it is Jammu or Kashmir... all the matters are run by the power of stick," Ms Mehbooba told reporters at Haveli in the border district of Poonch in Jammu region.
