Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has been issued a conditional passport by the passport authorities in Srinagar.
The passport has been issued on the grounds that she would be pursuing her studies abroad. However, against the normal procedure of ten years, her passport is valid for only two years.
On April 6, the government told the High Court that Iltija has been issued a passport and her petition should be dismissed. She said the conditional passport was issued in haste on April 6 as they knew the court would punish them.
"They misled the High Court yesterday. It is clearly written on the passport that it is valid for the UAE only," Iltija said. 바카라I am entitled to the passport as I am a law-abiding citizen of the country,바카라 she added. She accused the CID wing of the police of "criminalizing holding a passport" in J&K.
바카라The passport issued to me is a conditional passport. Even fugitives are not issued such passports. The passport officer Srinagar is violating the passport rules,바카라 Iltija further said while talking to reporters at the People바카라s Democratic Party바카라s head office in Srinagar.
바카라If you are giving me a conditional passport for two years, you must tell me why you are giving this conditional passport to me,바카라 she said.
바카라The CID has given an adverse report against me in a sealed cover to the High Court. Why the CID wants their adverse report against me should remain secret and in a sealed cover? I will tell you why they have done it: They don바카라t have any solid ground to deny me a passport. An abnormal normalcy has been imposed in J&K,바카라 she said.
"I am requesting the Court to look into the matter as it is being misled by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police,바카라 Iltija said.
바카라It is not a question of my passport alone. In Jammu and Kashmir, students, political activists, politicians, activists and journalists are suffering as they are being punished in different ways,바카라 she said.
She accused the government of stifling any voice that is critical of it. 바카라The government wants to make an example of the Mufti family,바카라 she said.
She said the government wants to convey that no one should open his or her mouth against injustice and oppression in J&K. 바카라The government wants to pass on a message that if anyone raises voice, either he will be booked under Unlawful Prevention Activities Act (UAPA) or if he happens to be a government employee, his job will be taken away.바카라
바카라Fundamental rights of Kashmiris have been taken away. Every day they tell us that the Constitution is being implemented. They are imposing the constitution of the BJP in J&K not the Constitution of India. That is why they have taken all fundamental rights of people away,바카라 she alleged.
She named various activists and journalists, who have been arrested, saying the CID was prosecuting people of Jammu and Kashmir and it has 바카라confined itself to how to impose UAPA, and how to usurp employment.바카라
She said she would fight her passport case in the High Court. 바카라The right to travel abroad is our fundamental right and no agency can take this right away from us,바카라 she said, adding that she has faith in the High Court.
Two months ago, the daughter of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, had approached J&K High Court seeking renewal of her passport as it had expired on January 2. Iltija Mufti filed a writ petition before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir seeking directions to the passport officer Srinagar to issue her passport. In her petition, she had said, the delay in issuing her passport amounts to restraining her from travelling abroad.
