Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir police filed an FIR in opposition to Peoples Democratic Occasion President and former chief minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti for apparently flouting Mannequin Code of Conduct (MCC) for protesting and blocking fundamental highway at Bijbehara Anantnag in opposition to detention of social gathering staff on Could 25 the day of voting of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency.
Reacting to the FIR, Mehbooba Mufti wrote in a submit on X: “Amusing to search out an FIR filed in opposition to me for apparently flouting MCC. That is the worth PDP has paid for talking fact to energy. Our protest was in opposition to GOI in cahoots with native administration for detaining a whole lot of PDP polling brokers & staff within the hours main as much as voting. Nonetheless not glad the identical administration went on to launch Cordon & Search Operations in conventional PDP stronghold areas to terrorize our voters and forestall them from exercising their proper to vote.”
Addressing a press convention media advisory to Mehbooba Iltija Mufti condemned the FIR lodged in opposition to Mehbooba and stated it’s a “risk” to PDP.
Iltija Mufti, daughter of Mehbooba Mufti, instructed reporters, “An FIR has been lodged in opposition to Mehbooba Mufti for violating the MCC (Mannequin Code of Conduct). This can be a risk, and we is not going to let it go quietly.” She stated, “We is not going to bow down. We’re right here to talk the reality.”
Referring to the sit-in protest staged by Mufti on Saturday throughout polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Iltija stated her mom didn’t wish to create a drama wished to protest the detention of her social gathering staff and election brokers. Including she questioned, “When a former chief minister has to take to the streets for justice, what does it say about democracy?”
Iltija stated the central authorities together with the Jammu and Kashmir administration wished to “unfold terror in areas that are conventional vote banks of the PDP in order that voter turnout is low.” She alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and House Minister Amit Shah congratulated folks on the voter turnout, however the fact is that they tried to maintain the voter turnout low.
Earlier police in an FIR said that “It is dropped at your sort discover that on 25.05.2024 an enormous variety of PDP staff led by Madam Mehbooba Mufti assembled in Bijbehara city and elevating slogans for releasing the PDP staff which amounted the gross violation of MCC. The massive group of PDP staff additionally blocked the principle highway and staged a protest on the fundamental spot Bijbehara a couple of hour which quantities to violations of part 144 CrPC which is imposed within the parliamentary 3-Anatnang-Rajouri Constituency order issued by the District Justice of the Peace involved”.
The FIR additional talked about that “As per the part 144 CrPC gathering of 4 individuals are restricted throughout the Mannequin Code of Conduct (MCC) as much as four June therefore in violation of the order. It’s requested that needed motion be initiated below guidelines in opposition to the Madam Mehbooba Mufti alongside along with her staff who’re recognized by the involved police authority. Reads the FIR
