Mehbooba should break her party's 'unholy' coalition with BJP: Chidambaram
With violence and unrest continuing in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader P Chidambaram today asked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to quit the PDP-BJP coalition government saying the "unholy" alliance was the gravest provocation to the people of the Valley. The former Home and Finance Minister claimed the "muscular and militaristic" approach of the central government has driven the state towards the present "catastrophic" situation.
She should go back to her father's philosophy: Chidambaram
Coalition government is the core of the problems of J&K
"The PDP-BJP coalition is the gravest provocation to the people of the Kashmir valley. Mehboobaji, quit the coalition immediately and go back to the people," Chidambaram said. He said he shared Mehbooba's concern that statesmanship required to get J&K out of the vicious cycle of killings but it was sad that she doesn't see that her coalition government is the core of the problem.
Over a series of tweets, Chidambaram blamed the central govt
CM Mehbooba urged national leadership to display statesmanship
Earlier on Monday, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had urged the national leadership to show the element of compassion and display the statesmanship to get Jammu and Kashmir out of this "vicious cycle of killings". A tourist from Chennai died yesterday after he was hit on the head by a stone during a protest on the outskirts of Srinagar.
