Kashmir’s So-Called Politicians Sometimes Tend To Be More Dangerous: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday slammed former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for saying that she will continue the fight to “bring back the flag of Jammu and Kashmir.”

The minister of state for personnel said that the so-called politicians of Kashmir sometimes tend to be more dangerous than apparently identified separatists. Criticising Mufti, the union minister further said, “Mehbooba Mufti claims to be a mainstream politician but she has reservations in carrying the tricolour. We’ve maintained for last several yrs that Kashmir’s so-called politicians sometimes tend to be more dangerous than apparently identified separatists.”

Singh added, “They have cultivated the art and craft of swearing by Mother India saying ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ when in power. Once they are out of power they start swearing by Pakistan and questioning the integration of Jammu and Kashmir.”

Speaking to reporters in Srinagar on Friday, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said that she won’t raise any other flag (tricolour) until the state flag was allowed to be hoisted. “Our relationship with the flag of this country is not independent of this flag (Jammu and Kashmir’s flag). When this flag comes in our hand, we will raise that flag too,” said Mufti.