Will hold tricolour and J-K flag together: Mehbooba

JAMMU: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday asserted that she will hold the tricolour and the flag of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir together, saying as an MLA she had reaffirmed her faith in the J-K Constitution and the sovereignty and integrity of India as both are inseparable.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister had last month said that she was not interested in contesting elections or holding the national flag till the constitutional changes enforced on August 5 last year were rolled back, sparking protests in Jammu. “We are the people, especially in the Kashmir Valley, who upheld the tricolour high over the years at the cost of thousands of our workers who were martyred,” Mufti told reporters here at the end of her five-day visit to Jammu — her first after release from over one-year-long detention under the Pubic Safety Act (PSA). Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, besides the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) without naming it, she said, “Those moving with half pants and where their leader sits do not hoist the tricolour (at their headquarters) and they are giving us lessons on the national flag.”

JKPC moves SC for early hearing of pleas against Art 370 abrogation J-K People’s Conference on Monday said it has filed a plea in the Supreme Court to seek early hearing of a batch of petitions against the Centre’s August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of Constitution and reorganise the erstwhile state. The party said it has made out a strong prima facie case and the issues raised are under consideration of a Constitution Bench of apex court.