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PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti calls NIA 'pet agency' of BJP after Kashmir raids

People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has become BJP's pet agency to intimidate and browbeat those who refuse to fall in line.Her remark came after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at multiple locations in Srinagar, Bandipora and Bengaluru including the residence of Khurram Parvaiz, offices of NGO Athrout and Greater Kashmir Trust."NIA raids on human rights activist Khurram Parvez & Greater Kashmir office in Srinagar is yet another example of GOIs vicious crackdown on freedom of expression & dissent. Sadly, NIA has become BJPs pet agency to intimidate & browbeat those who refuse to fall in line," Mufti tweeted.

Mehbooba Mufti should go to Pakistan with family: Gujarat Deputy CM

Angered over PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's recent remarks about the scrapping of Article 370, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Monday said the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir should move to Pakistan with family if she doesn't like India and its laws. Patel, addressing a bypoll rally in Kurali village of Vadodara district, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah brought in the CAA and scrapped Article 370, which accorded special status to the erstwhile state of J&K, for the safety and security of the country. "Mehbooba is blabbering for the last two days. She should buy plane tickets and move to Karachi with her family. That will be good for everyone. "If she wants, people of Karjan taluka would send her money to buy plane tickets," said Patel, attacking the Kashmiri politician, a former ally of the BJP. "Those who do not like India or laws introduced by the government, such as CAA or abrogation of Article 370, should

3 PDP leaders resign from party after Mufti's statement on national flag

Three PDP leaders from the Jammu region resigned from the party following a statement by its president Mehbooba Mufti regarding the national flag, PDP sources said here on Monday

BJP seeks de-recognition of Mehbooba-led PDP over 'anti-national' remarks

A senior leader of the BJP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking de-recognition of the PDP over the "anti-national and anti-constitution" remarks of its president Mehbooba Mufti. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister on Friday had said that she was not interested in contesting elections or holding the tricolour till the constitutional changes enforced on August 5 last year were rolled back. Mufti said she would hold the tricolour only when the separate flag of the erstwhile state is restored. "I request your honour to consider her statements in the light of their seriousness, which are available on the public domain, as anti-national and anti-constitution of India and also de-recognise her party, PDP, as a genuine political party in J&K with immediate effect," senior BJP leader and in-charge of department of political affairs and feedback, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said in his formal complaint to the ECI. He alleged that the PDP president ..

Jammu and Kashmir BJP demands Mehbooba Mufti's arrest for seditious remarks

BJP demanded the arrest of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for her "seditious remarks" wherein she said she would only hold the national tricolour when the flag of the erstwhile state is restored

Mehbooba Mufti holds 1st PDP meeting after release from 14-month detention

PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti held her first party meeting in Srinagar on Thursday, nine days after her release from a 14-month detention on October 13

In an altered Kashmir, Gupkar Road deliberations don't hold the same sway

The deliberations will be closely watched for sure, but are unlikely to yield spectacular political results

Scrapping Article 370 was weighing on me during detention: Mehbooba Mufti

In her first statement after she was released from detention on Tuesday evening, former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the decision of abrogating Article 370 was weighing on her mind during her detention and that she will fight for the reversal of the decision.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti being released from detention: J&K govt official

She was first detained under Sections 107 and151 of CrPC but later booked under the controversial Public Safety Act

Mehbooba Mufti detention case: SC asks J-K admin to respond to plea

The Supreme Court asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to respond to Iltija Mufti's amended plea challenging the detention of her mother and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti

'Nothing about us without us': J&K political parties' say on Article 370

This is the first combined statement issued by the political parties after more than a year

Cracks appear in Kashmiri political class as govt seeks middle ground

The first anniversary of the abrupt revocation of the region's special status is barely making headlines but Kashmiris have not forgotten the trauma

India's democracy damaged, high time to release Mehbooba: Rahul Gandhi

P Chidambaram said that the extension of the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti under the PSA is an abuse of law

Mehbooba's extension of detention under PSA an abuse of law: P Chidambaram

Earlier, the former J-K CM's detention was extended on May 5 for three months

J&K admin extends detention of Mehbooba Mufti by 3 months under PSA

Mufti was among hundreds of people who were taken into preventive custody hours ahead of the Centre revoking special status of the Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 last year

3 photojournalists from J&K win Pulitzer for 'striking images of life'

Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin of the Associated Press won in the feature photography category.

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti shifted to her residence, detention continues

The order stated that she was being shifted from a subsidiary jail at Maulana Azad Road to "Fairview Gupkar Road" which is her official residence.

Cruel to keep J&K leaders detained during Covid-19 lockdown: Omar Abdullah

Meanwhile, the National Conference leader shared a meme of himself mocking the timing of his release

J&K statehood to be restored, no demographic changes, says Amit Shah

Allaying the apprehensions of the delegation on restrictions, Shah said all decisions on relaxations are based on ground realities and not due to any pressure

Hope Farooq Abdullah will continue with his good services to India: J&K BJP

Raina said the NC chief should utilise his energies for the betterment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir as it was his constitutional obligation