NC’s Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi slams his own party once more, accuses it of ‘begging’ for statehood | India News

SRINAGAR: Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi as soon as once more launched a pointy assault on his own party, National Conference, accusing it abandoning Article 370 and “begging” for statehood.Addressing his followers in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, Mehdi stated for the primary time in 40 years, folks voted in giant numbers within the Oct 2024 meeting polls as a result of they had been annoyed with the system. “They didn’t vote for any party, but for a system that would be answerable to them,” Mehdi stated. But, regardless of cutting down on the political entrance, “we have been turned into beggars”, he stated.“It is better to fight for our rights and be defeated than to resort to begging every day for every small thing,” he asserted.Mehdi, who was invited by the civil society of Anantnag to deal with folks on the city corridor, alleged that the district administration locked the constructing, forcing organisers to alter the venue. “People were threatened and intimidated not to attend my meeting. If such tactics are adopted, where are we supposed to go?” he questioned.Referring to the arrest of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik underneath Public Safety Act, Mehdi stated it was a warning to all political voices.Iftikhar Misgar, president of Anantnag Federation of Chambers of Industries Kashmir, stated the MP was scheduled to deal with the gathering on the city corridor, however the administration on Thursday declared the constructing unsafe and locked it, although forest minister Javed Rana had addressed a gathering there only a day earlier.Reacting to Mehdi’s allegation, former CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti stated it was “unfortunate” {that a} sitting MP was not allowed to carry a gathering by his own govt. “At a time when Farooq sahib and Omar sahib are rightly voicing concern over the arrest of MLA Mehraj Malik, such restrictions on their own party’s MP raise serious questions. It exposes a disturbing level of double standards and political hypocrisy,” she stated.