You were sadder over Chandrayaan-2 than over Kashmir: Mufti's daughter

September 20, 2019 18:51

Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija criticised the lack of outrage over the situation in Kashmir, where restrictions have been placed after the government scrapped the state's special status.

"You showed more outrage... were more sad [sic] over Chandrayaan-2... than over Kashmir," Iltija said, referring to the Chandrayaan-2 mission's lander Vikram that went out of contact during its landing on the Moon and has not been heard from since.

Iltija said Kashmiris have been "caged" for the last one month, when restrictions have been in place in Jammu and Kashmir. "Kashmiris have been caged for the past month. You talk about the future, can we talk about the present first? Can we talk about the humanitarian crisis, economic crisis, psychological crisis, the human trauma that people have been subjected to?" Iltija asked.

There is "unimaginable repression" in the state and Kashmiris have been treated like a "herd of cattle", Iltija, whose mother Mehbooba is in preventive custody along with several other political leaders of the state, said.

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