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Mufti Sayeed calls India 'banana republic'
Monday February 11, 2013 11:01:07 PM,
IANS
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Jammu: After Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned the wisdom of
executing parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the main
opposition People's Democratic Party in the state called India a
"banana republic".
Former chief minister and PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who is
locked in competitive politics with the National Conference and
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Monday evening issued a statement,
accusing the central government of a "narrow-minded approach
(that) has caused serious setbacks to the peace process".
His statement reflected complete support for Afzal Guru, matching
the sentiments that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed Sunday,
a day after the execution, in interviews to TV channels.
Mufti said: "It is no good to regret the inability of the
government to deny Afzal's family a last mandatory meeting with
him or deny his body to the family."
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said: "This reduces Mahatama Gandhi's
country, the world's largest democracy and a genuine candidate for
super power status, to a banana republic."
Mufti was home minister of the country in the shortlived V.P.
Singh government from 1989-1990.
Mufti urged the central government to "roll back the draconian
measures in Kashmir, which have caused a whole population to be
imprisoned".
He blamed Delhi for what has been happening in the Valley,
claiming that law and order is a state subject and measures like
curfew have been taken by Omar Abdullah.
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