BJP will end constitution if re-elected: Mehbooba

Srinagar, May 09: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will end the Constitution of India if re-elected power at the Centre.
Speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of a public meeting here, Mehbooba alleged that the BJP is focusing on religious matters and talking about ‘mangalsutra’ because they sense a loss in the initial two phases of Lok Sabha elections in the country.
She said the people are aware of their intentions in raking up religious issues and have realised the party won’t do anything better for the country and its people. “BJP only knows to make Hindu and Muslim fight with each other,” she said, adding that if the BJP is re-elected to power at the Centre it will end the Constitution.
Responding to a query, the PDP president alleged that the happening of encounters in the Anantnag-Rajouri belt is intended to prevent Mehbooba Mufti from reaching the Parliament and people for voting.
“Poonch attack is condemnable but arrests being made afterwards should be looked into by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha who should pass directions to security forces to stop this arrest culture,” she said.
Mehbooba said police and administration should be neutral in political matters and refrain from indulging in it. “Police are preventing us from reaching out to people but at the same time they are supported proxies of BJP and thus curtailing our movement which is a brazen violation of the guidelines set by the Election Commission of India (ECI),” she asserted.