SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that she was placed under house arrest to prevent her from travelling to Sopore in North Kashmir to offer condolences on the death of former Hurriyat Conference chairman Professor Abdul Gani Bhat.
In a post on X, Mufti said the move “lays bare the harsh and undemocratic reality in Jammu and Kashmir,” accusing the administration of deliberately curbing political movement.
“The decision to place the political leadership under house arrest today, simply to stop us from visiting Sopore to offer condolences on the demise of Professor Abdul Gani Bhat, lays bare the harsh and undemocratic reality in Jammu and Kashmir,” she wrote.
Mufti also referred to the recent uproar at Hazratbal Dargah, calling it an “eruption of spontaneous, raw public anger” and warning that it was “not an isolated incident but a loud, unmistakable message from a people pushed to the edge.”
She accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of ignoring widespread resentment in Kashmir. “The BJP remains wilfully blind to this truth, refusing to learn anything from the suppressed emotions that have been building for years,” she said.
The PDP chief further alleged that the ruling party was “determined to keep the region in a constant state of turmoil, weaponising pain and unrest for political mileage across the rest of the country,” a strategy she described as “irresponsible, dangerous and reprehensible.”
There was no immediate response from the Jammu and Kashmir administration or the BJP to her allegations.
