Mehbooba files nomination for Anantnag LS seat, asks people not to boycott polling
Accompanied by a large number of supporters, Mufti reached south Kashmir’s Anantnag to file her nomination papers before the Returning Officer Syed Fakhruddin.
“Whoever speaks up, ED, CBI and NIA are used against them. The nation is not running according to the Constitution of India but according to the agenda of a particular party,” she said.
Statesman News Service | Jammu | March 26, 2021 12:02 pm
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (File Photo: IANS)
PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday lashed out at the BJP government, saying that “dissent has been criminalised” in the country.
She made the remark soon after her questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering probe. She was questioned for more than five and a half hours by the probe agency in its Srinagar office.
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“Whoever speaks up, ED, CBI and NIA are used against them. The nation is not running according to the Constitution of India but according to the agenda of a particular party,” she said.
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“One who speaks against you (BJP government) is either booked under charges of sedition or summoned by the investigative agencies”.
The government is hounding the dissenting voices by misusing these agencies. Dissent has been criminalized in this country that is being ruled by the ED, CBI and NIA, Mehbooba alleged.
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Accompanied by a large number of supporters, Mufti reached south Kashmir’s Anantnag to file her nomination papers before the Returning Officer Syed Fakhruddin.
During an ED probe, it came to light that contractors paid exorbitant commissions ranging from 25 to 40 per cent of the contract value to officials and political figures in the state.
The AAP further alleged the BJP was using the ED and CBI as "political weapons" to intimidate opposition leaders, and to hinder the success of the INDIA alliance.
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