'No Difference In India And Bangladesh If...': Mehbooba Mufti On Minorities
NDTV
"Today, I am afraid that the situation which was during 1947, we are being taken towards that direction," PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's comments comparing India and Bangladesh on how they treat minorities have sparked a huge row. Calling the November 24 Sambhal incident unfortunate, she went on to compare the situation of minorities in India with Bangladesh.
"... Today, I am afraid that the situation which was during 1947, we are being taken towards that direction. When the youth talk of jobs, they don't get it. We don't have good hospitals, education... They are not improving the condition of roads but are trying to demolish the mosque in search of a temple. The Sambhal incident is very unfortunate. Some were working in shops and were shot," Ms Mufti, the chief of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), told reporters in Jammu.
Four people were killed and many injured in clashes in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal during a court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid. The mosque is at the centre of a legal battle after some petitions claimed it was built on the site of a Hindu temple. It was in this connection that a local court ordered its survey. The local residents opposed the survey and the situation snowballed into full-blown violence.
