Mehbooba Mufti Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai?
The 57-year-old Mehbooba was visibily irritated when a reporter asked her about her stand during 2010 agitations.
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Confronted by tough questions, an angry Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday brought to an abrupt end a joint press conference with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh when her stand on ongoing protests were compared with her position during the 2010 unrest.
Singh, who was seated next to the chief minister on the dais, was seen making gestures to pacify Mehbooba who took on a reporter when reminded about her opposition to use of force and locking up of separatists in 2010 when rival NC leader Omar Abdullah was the Chief Minister.
The 57-year-old Mehbooba was visibly irritated when a reporter quoted her interviews in which she had questioned the then government for using force against children and the arrest of Hurriyat leaders.
Mehbooba replied: “This is wrong analysis. In 2010, there was a fake encounter in Machil where three civilians were killed. After that there was rape and murder allegations in Shopian...”
When other reporters wanted to chip in with supplementary questions and clarification, she retorted, “Let me complete first... This time an encounter took place in which three militants were killed, how is government responsible for that? People began protesting on the streets and we had to clamp curfew. Now what were the children doing in that protest? Or that 15-year-old boy outside the Army camp; had he gone there to fetch milk?”.
“Mujhe kya bolenge yeh Sir. maine in bachchon ko bachaya hai Task Force se (What can they tell me, Sir, I had saved these kids from Special Task force),” Mehbooba said.
And just as suddenly also said: “Okay, thank you, now you can have a cup of tea,” signalling that the press conference had ended.
(Inputs: PTI)
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