Mehbooba Mufti asks how India is different from Bangladesh in treatment of religious minorities
The Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that the former chief minister, through her remarks, was trying to provoke Muslims in an attempt to re-establish her party.
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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday asked how India was different from Bangladesh, saying that religious minorities in both the countries are facing persecution, The Indian Express reported.
“We are hearing that the situation in Bangladesh is very bad and our Hindu brothers are facing persecution there,” said the Peoples Democratic Party chief in Jammu. “Here we are persecuting the minorities. So what is the difference?”
Mufti added: “We have such a big country, a secular country that is being recognised throughout the world. But what is the difference between Bangladesh and us if in our country, minorities face persecution and mosques are demolished to find the Shiva Linga?”
The former chief minister said that while the alleged persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh was being talked about, “where they are being sent to jail”, the situation was not different in India where “Umar Khalid is in jail”.
Mufti was referring to the arrest of three Hindu leaders in Bangladesh under charges of sedition.
Khalid, an activist and former Jawaharlal Nehru University student, has been in jail since September 2020 in the Delhi riots case. He has been charged with criminal conspiracy, rioting and unlawful assembly, among other offences under the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
Mufti said that she had...
