Marking another failure in its report card, the PDP has failed to prevail upon its coalition partner in the government to respect the sentiments of the people of Kashmir and object to the central government’s stand on granting concessions of shelter and relief to the Rohingya muslims . Though political, social and professional bodies, trade organizations and civil society groups not only in Jammu but in rest of India have questioned the central government’s stand on Rhingya crisis but PDP has chosen to remain silent over the widely condemned rohingya policy of the Modi government. Interestingly the people who made unparalleled contributions in the socio-economic development of India and challenges country faced during last seventy year have voiced their strong opposition to Modi government’s policy on rohingya crisis but Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has chosen to remain silent over the issue just to secure its interest in the running the coalition government with BJP in Jammu & Kashmir. While the PDP commanded and controlled by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti failed to assuage the sentiments of the people of Kashmir, the BJP succeeded in keeping its constituency intact in Kashmir during last two and half year PDP-BJP coalition rule in the state. BJP knows that if it spoke against the central government’s stand on rohingya crisis , it would somewhere enrage its political constituency. Sorry to say that PDP failed miserably to respond to the feelings of the people of Kashmir on extending concessions of shelter and relief to the rohingya refugees.
As Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has failed to respond to the Modi government’s policy on rohingya crisis, the BJP is mounting pressure on PDP over the BJP’s demand for declaring holiday the birth anniversary of late Hari Singh .
At least PDP could have spoken in favour of the concession of shelter and relief to the rohingya muslims as the central government has itself vowed to abide by the supreme court directive on dealing with the rohingya refugees in the country. Though resentment is brewing up against the PDP for showing disrespect to the people of Kashmir on almost all the issues including rehabilitation and relief to rohingya refugees, but Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is maintaining its silence to avoid a direct confrontation with BJP the ally of her party in Jammu & Kashmir state. By all standards of political and human understandabilities the silence of PDP on this sentimental issue, i.e, rohingya crisis shows that the party is bending backwards to stay in power. On one hand the BJP is pressing hard for declaring a holiday the birth anniversary of late Hari Singh but on the other hand the PDP is maintaining silence over the widely condemned policy of the Modi government on rohingya crisis. As Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has failed to respond to the Modi government’s policy on rohingya crisis, the BJP is mounting pressure on PDP over the BJP’s demand for declaring holiday the birth anniversary of late Hari Singh .
