BJP trying to provoke Muslims to create opportunity for their 'genocide': Mufti

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged that the fundamentals of the country are being shaken its Constitution shredded and the BJP ministers are competing among themselves to harass MuslimsThe former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir also accused the BJP of trying to provoke and instigate the Muslims to create an opportunity for their genocideMehboobas remarks came in response to a question over Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarmas statement that madrassas should cease to existThis is not something new Their shakhas are running where they provide training in sword and bowarrow fighting There is a competition going on whether to turn India into a Gujarat model or a UP model The Assam chief minister wants to get a few steps ahead of them she told reporters at the Peoples Democratic Party PDP head office here on the sidelines of a programmeMehbooba urged the people to recall the treatment meted out to Muslims in BJPruled states in the recent pastYou have seen what happened in MP where a Hindu was beaten to death on the suspicion of being a Muslim They are talking about shaking the foundations of the country the secularism on which this country was created the Constitution on which this country was run they are shredding that ConstitutionThey are trying to turn the whole country into a Gujarat model UP model Assam model MP model and the chief ministers of these are in competition on who will harass the Muslims more who will God forbid initiate the wipeout of Muslims she saidThe PDP chief claimed that the BJP leaders and members were raking up sensitive issues such as that of MandirMasjid so that Muslims are provoked and instigatedThis is being done so that they Muslims react and they BJP leaders get an opportunity to do another Gujarat carnage or what happened in UP or elsewhere or a genocide of Muslims she addedComparing the current situation in the country to that prior to 1947 when the British made the Hindus and Muslims fight each other she said Today the BJP people their chief ministers their ministers are doing the work of the BritishUnfortunately our prime minister who is the prime minister of the whole country of Hindus of Muslims of Sikhs is watching it as a mute spectator His silence is taken by his party as an acceptance of what they are doingOn the Jammu and Kashmir governments decision to readvertise posts under three schemes RehbareJanglat RehbareKhel and RehbareZirat iquest the former chief minister said it was a sinister plan of the BJP to employ nonlocals in the union territoryA sinister design of the BJP the aim behind the abrogation of Article 370 is coming to the fore day by day The people who were working for the last five years or more have been terminated and the posts referred to the SSRB recruitment agency it is an indication to what we have kept on saying that they want to give jobs to nonlocals from across the country and keep our own youth away from employment she saidThe youths of Jammu and Kashmir are being disempowered economically she alleged and said she would join the locals in their peaceful protest against the moveThis is unfortunate They are protesting And there is no other option than to protest peacefully in a democratic setup she saidWe should take a lesson from the farmers on their agitation in Delhi But the problem here is that we are not allowed to come out of our houses I have tried many times to go somewhere but I am kept under house arrest within two minutes You can see how much of security is deployed outside PDPs office hereThey fear I might go somewhere I will still try to join their peaceful protest she saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever