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Tribune News Service

Jammu, August 6
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has again invited criticism from lawyers and politicians in Jammu for her “unwarranted but provocative remarks”.

<b>During the August 1 all-party meeting convened by Governor N.N. Vohra here , the PDP president described the unrest across the state as an issue of “ just two-and-a-half ” districts. She said Kashmiris could wage protracted agitations, but people in Jammu being small time shopkeepers, could not withstand such campaigns for long.</b>

“By seeing such an uprising across the Jammu region, her utterances were nothing but a sheer frustration on her part,” former MLA Ashwani Sharma said.

The PDP, whether in power or not, had always been representing a particular region and a particular community only, caring two hoots for other natives of the state, he added. For the first time since 1947, Jammu region had witnessed such a revolt and hitherto, Kashmir leaders had been blackmailing New Delhi but these tactics would not work anymore, he said.

“She should not have forgotten that it was people of Jammu, who had elected her father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to the Legislative Assembly from RS Pura,” veteran BJP leader Virender Gupta said.

Bar Association Jammu president, Advocate BS Salathia said such remarks would further escalate protests across the region.
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