SRINAGAR : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader and former deputy CM of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta today said that Mehbooba Mufti should be arrested for supporting banned organisation like Jamaat-e-Islami.
Gupta said, “Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other nations banned madrasas because of illegal activities. Similarly, if efforts to spread terrorism are made in Kashmir, they should be banned here too. If Mehbooba ji supports Jamaat-e-Islami, then  she too should be arrested.”
Gupta’s remark also invoked sharp criticism from former J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who quoting Gupta’s statement on madrasas said, “And RSS shakhas produce ill-informed bigots like Gupta here.”
The central government had on February 28 banned Jamaat-e-Islami (J-K) under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for a period of five years. Both the mainstream parties in Jammu and Kashmir have disagreed with the decision.
While National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah urged the central government to reconsider the decision, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti warned that banning Jamat-e-Islami will have dangerous consequences.
Yesterday Gupta said that some NC, PDP and congress leaders receive funding to create volatile situation in Kashmir.
Gupta was speaking to News agency Press Trust of Kashmir that the leaders from NC, PDP or congress speak language of Pakistan as they are receiving funds from Pakistan.
He further added that some people receiving funding from Pakistan, in which national conference and congress leaders including PDP are involved. “It is confirmed that they got funding from Pakistan, that is why the we have seen shutdown, strike calls in Kashmir” .
He further added that the Congress is behind the stone pelting in Kashmir. He added that once congress forms government in Kashmir they will provide crores of Rupees to militants families”. (PTK)
