PM calling Kashmiri youth icons is adding salt to the injuries: Mehbooba Mufti

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti tooka dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement in which he called the Kashmir youth'icons' inhis 'Mann ki Baat' radio speech on Sunday.

"It's funny that the PM is calling the youth of Kashmir as icons for the country," saidMufti.

''The youth of Jammu and Kashmir are on roads demanding jobs and means of livelihood. Youth who got selected in police and other departments after clearing examsare demanding justice as their selection wascancelled due to corruption. I think the PM is adding salt to the wounds of job seekers,'' added Mufti.

While talking about the recent target killings of Kashmiri Pandits and some Kashmiri Pandit families leaving the valley, Mehbooba said, "After 2019, the security situation has reached a stage where Kashmiri Pandits are being continuously targeted in different areas of the valley. Today it's not the regime of National Conference or PDP, the ruling party BJP is both in centre and J&K and despite that Kashmiri Pandits are leaving Kashmir which is big question mark on their governance."

Mehbooba said she has always taken oath under the Constitution and to save it is her duty.

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