PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti: PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti: Contesting J&K polls to prevent BJP from obscuring Article 370 and Kashmir issue | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said her party is not contesting the elections just to pursue its own interests. development worksbut also to prevent the BJP from burying the Kashmir issue and Article 370. “It is a shame for the BJP which says that the situation has improved but they could not hold elections in J&K for the last 10 years. People are irritated, they are suffocating. They want a government to be formed which can address their concerns and put an end to their problems,” Mufti told reporters.
The PDP leader said, “We are participating because the BJP wants to bury the Kashmir issue and Article 370 and wants everyone to talk only about elections.” “But we firmly believe that the resolution of the Kashmir issue is very important,” she added.
Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dig at Abdullahs, Muftis and Gandhis, she said, “He had said he would deposit Rs 15 lakh in people’s accounts and create two crore jobs every year. Has he created two crore jobs? So what response shall I give to what he says.”
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said that if her party wins the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, it will first start a fast-track recruitment process for about one lakh government jobs in a transparent manner.
“We will make daily wages permanent. We will also try to bring multinationals here to create employment,” she added.