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Mehbooba Mufti Seeks J&K Policy Review, Calls for Reconciliation After Red Fort Blast

Her appeal follows a Srinagar youth forum that surfaced allegations of agency harassment under post-2019 measures.

Overview

  • The PDP chief urged the prime minister, home minister and national security advisor to reassess the Centre’s Jammu and Kashmir approach and open a reconciliation process.
  • She argued that post-2019 policies have failed, citing the November 10 Red Fort car bombing in Delhi in which at least 12 people were killed and a Kashmiri doctor was identified as the driver.
  • At a PDP-organised youth conference in Srinagar, students, undertrials and relatives of militants shared accounts alleging arrests without warrants, raids, humiliation and withheld passports.
  • The National Investigation Agency continues to probe the Red Fort attack and has arrested multiple suspects, including two Kashmiri doctors linked by authorities to a white-collar terror network.
  • Mufti said Kashmiris seek dignity rather than coercion under laws such as UAPA and PSA, and announced plans for further dialogues across districts and in other parts of the country.