On October autumn morning in Srinagar, People's Democratic Party (PDP) Headquarters in city's centre was abuzz. Supporters of 바카라Bajee바카라 (as PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is fondly called by her admirers) had gathered to take out a solidarity march for beleaguered Palestine. Mehbooba Mufti along with her supporters tried to march towards Lal Chowk, however, PDP supporters say they were denied permission by police to proceed further.
A PDP leader told Outlook that the party took the decision after Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was not allowed for congregational Friday prayers yesterday, while Imambargahs were also closed given the Israel-Hamas war and mounting casualties in Palestine, particularly Gaza. 바카라This is beyond comprehension the kind of barbaric display that is going on in Palestine. It is surprising to see the international community바카라s tacit acceptance of the crisis,바카라 said the PDP leader.
바카라You can destroy the homes of Palestinians, but they are not without support. Kashmiri hearts resonate with Palestine,바카라 the leader said.
He also said the current Palestine crisis underlines that until the flashpoint is not addressed, the problem will linger on. 바카라Be it Kashmir or Palestine, the suffocation and suppression will only make the problem linger on,바카라 he said.
Standing atop a vehicle with the Palestinian flag raised in her hands, Mehbooba chanted: 바카라Israel ke zalimon바카라 as her supporters reverted with 바카라Palestine ko khalee karo바카라. She also raised slogans including: 바카라Go back! Go back! Israel go back!바카라 The PDP supporters also chanted: 바카라Naari takbeer Allahu Akbar!바카라
They also carried posters in their hands reading: 바카라You don바카라t need to be a Muslim to stand for Palestine. You just need to be a human.바카라 Mehbooba Mufti, holding a photograph of a minor killed in Palestine talked about 바카라zulum바카라 (oppression) and 바카라sitam바카라(excesses) committed in Palestine. Later, Mehbooba in her customary 바카라abaya바카라 and 바카라scarf바카라 said: 바카라1500 Palestinian children 1500 have been killed, while hundreds of people have also been killed바카라It seems to be like the Holocaust of Jews, Israel is doing the same with Palestine.바카라
She added: 바카라Injustice will make people pick arms.바카라 She exhorted the international community to pressure Israel to stop committing 바카라excesses바카라 and human rights violations in Palestine. She raised concerns about the lack of food, medicine, and other essential commodities for Palestinians, especially in Gaza. She championed the cause of Gazans, and their rights for a day in Kashmir. She mourned the 바카라deaths in Gaza바카라.
In fact, she has been using this 'politics of mourning' during her life following which Mehbooba became 바카라Lady Mufti바카라 for Kashmiris.
After guns began to rattle the Valley바카라s landscape, killings became routine in Kashmir in 90바카라s. The abnormal became normal for Kashmiris. It was during those dark days, that a woman in an abaya and scarf on her head, would leave her home in the Nowgam locality on the outskirts of Srinagar. She would throng to the people's homes caught in a quagmire in her ambassador car. She tread a path that no mainstream party had traversed in Kashmir. She would keep herself abreast with the 바카라death calendar바카라. She would sit with the families of the slain, be it civilians or militants. She would just mourn. It was her politics.
Mehbooba was not someone who was brought into politics. She joined it accidentally in 1996, when her father and Congressman Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, couldn바카라t find candidates for the Assembly polls. Mufti Sayeed had been the country바카라s Home Minister. It was during those days in Kashmir, when 바카라Ikhwan Raaj바카라(government-sponsored militiamen) ruled the streets of Kashmir, especially the rural belt. Those renegades are also accused of several human rights violations in Kashmir including torture, rapes and killings.
Mufti Sayeed got his wife, his two brothers-in-law, and his daughter Mehbooba to contest assembly elections in 1996. Later, Mehbooba by her political acumen and her father바카라s guidance was able to form the nucleus of another regional party PDP which was considered an alternative to the National Conference.
It was Mehbooba바카라s thought that the PDP filled the space between unionists and separatists during the 90바카라s. Her party also adopted a symbol 바카라 pen and inkpot, which is considered to have been taken from MUF (Muslim United Front). PDP was considered 바카라green바카라 by Kashmiris, and the party garnered mileage out of it to make mainstream acceptable to the masses then.
The party started its electoral innings with a bang in 2002, just three years after its inception. The party joined hands with Congress and rode to power in Jammu and Kashmir. Their win was termed as 바카라Kashmir gets Azadi from Abdullahs바카라. For the first time, Jammu and Kashmir's grand old party National Conference was not in power.
People had felt in 2002 that with the emergence of PDP, there would be an 바카라honourable resolution of the Kashmir dispute바카라, particularly after the turbulent 바카라90s that had traumatized people, who had witnessed the 바카라dance of death바카라. 24 years after PDP was formed in 1999, Mehbooba continues to affirm her brand of politics.
However, in post 5 August 2019 Kashmir, her role was curtailed. Is there now scope for Mehbooba바카라s brand of politics that had helped PDP carve out a space in Kashmir and position it in a popular territory where it had successfully encroached into separatist territory? Only time will tell.
