Mehbooba Mufti slams Centre for deploying additional troops in Kashmir

Taking a jibe at the central government's decision to deploy additional 100 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in the Kashmir, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that Jammu and Kashmir is a "political problem" which would not be solved by military means.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday slammed the central government for deploying 100 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in the valley.

She asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is a "political problem" which would not be solved by military means.

• Centre’s decision to deploy additional 10,000 troops to the valley has created fear psychosis amongst people. There is no dearth of security forces in Kashmir. J&K is a political problem which won’t be solved by military means. GOI needs to rethink & overhaul its policy.

  — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 27, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Centre’s decision to deploy additional 10,000 troops to the valley has created fear psychosis amongst people. There is no dearth of security forces in Kashmir. J&K is a political problem which won’t be solved by military means. GOI needs to rethink & overhaul its policy.

  — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 27, 2019

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  Centre’s decision to deploy additional 10,000 troops to the valley has created fear psychosis amongst people. There is no dearth of security forces in Kashmir. J&K is a political problem which won’t be solved by military means. GOI needs to rethink & overhaul its policy.

  — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 27, 2019

Mehbooba, the president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also said that the Centre needs to "rethink and overhaul its Kashmir policy."

"Centre's decision to deploy additional 10,000 troops to the valley has created fear psychosis amongst people. There is no dearth of security forces in Kashmir. J&K is a political problem which won't be solved by military means. GOI needs to rethink & overhaul its policy," Mehbooba wrote on Twitter.

The Centre on Thursday ordered deployment of additional 100 companies of CAPFs "in order to strengthen the CI (counter-insurgency) grid as well as for maintaining law and order situation" in Jammu and Kashmir.