Key Takeaways
- The Pahalgam attack reference in the Supreme Court highlights the Government of India’s lack of confidence in Jammu and Kashmir’s stability.
- Mehbooba Mufti believes that the Jammu and Kashmir issue requires a sincere process of dialogue and reconciliation to bring lasting peace and dignity to the region.
- The PDP maintains that the Jammu and Kashmir issue goes far beyond questions of statehood or constitutional status and requires a sincere process of dialogue and reconciliation.
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today said the Supreme Court’s reference to the Pahalgam terror attack, while discussing the grant of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, underscores the Government of India’s continued lack of confidence in the region’s stability.
The Supreme Court sought the central government’s response in 8 weeks on Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood petition. Pahalgam terror attack was cited as a ground reality, highlighting the Government of India’s lack of confidence in the region’s stability.”
“SC’s reference to recent Pahalgam terror attack in the context of granting statehood to Jammu and Kashmir underscores a deeper issue about GOIs ( Government of India’s) continued lack of confidence in the region’s stability,” Mehbooba said in a post on X.
She said even after revoking J&K’s special status & reducing it to a Union Territory, the Centre “appears unwilling to ease its tight control.”
“ This reflects a deeper political and psychological deadlock. PDP maintains that the Jammu and Kashmir issue goes far beyond questions of statehood or constitutional status. Unless New Delhi engages with the political aspirations of the people and addresses the core issue head-on it will remain on uncertain footing regardless of the force it deploys,” she said.
She added that it was time for the Central government to “correct past missteps and initiate a sincere process of dialogue and reconciliation to bring lasting peace and dignity to the region.”
