‘You’re embracing Taliban’: Mehbooba Mufti slams BJP over ‘land jihad’ charge

SRINAGAR: Accused of promoting “land jihad” done her projected onshore regularisation bill, PDP main Mehbooba Mufti struck backmost Sunday — charging BJP with “embracing the Taliban” portion allegedly branding Indian Muslims arsenic extremists.“In the garb of accusing radical of waging ‘jihad’, Muslims were lynched and demonised. Yet today, this authorities salutes the

Taliban

,” she told supporters astatine Eidgah successful Srinagar. She accused BJP-led Union authorities of engaging with the aforesaid Taliban it erstwhile branded terrorists.“BJP erstwhile wanted to fastener Darul Uloom Deoband, present takes Afghan ministers determination to ablution them with flowers. If it tin speech to the Taliban, wherefore can’t it speech to its ain radical successful J&K?”Her remarks came days aft the BJP’s J&K portion described PDP’s projected J&K Land Rights and Regularisation Bill, 2025 arsenic an enactment of “land jihad and legislative jihad”.PDP’s draught legislation, unveiled by Mehbooba connected Oct 8, seeks to regularise onshore holdings of radical and institutions successful continuous possession for much than 30 years. It besides aims to forestall arbitrary evictions and guarantee ownership information — provisions BJP claims could legitimise alleged amerciable encroachments.Taking to societal media, Mehbooba alleged that nether slogans specified arsenic “love jihad”, “land jihad”, “vote jihad”, and “cow jihad”, BJP has been targeting Muslims and vilifying an full community.

“India, which calls itself the parent of democracy, is present embracing the Taliban — the begetter of jihad — nether BJP rule,” she wrote.Mehbooba cited India’s caller outreach to Afghanistan, including acquisition scholarships for Afghan students, arsenic grounds of what she called government's “contradictory” approach. “While maintaining bully relations with Afghanistan whitethorn beryllium strategically important, India’s ain Muslim colonisation — who person contributed to the country’s individuality and advancement — are being deprived of rights and opportunities,” she said.She urged authorities to absorption connected dialog wrong J&K. “Building planetary relations is important, but bid and harmony indispensable statesman astatine home,” Mehbooba said.BJP has yet to respond officially to her latest remarks, but enactment functionaries person earlier said the projected measure is an effort to “legitimise amerciable occupations nether the guise of reform”.