PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asked the Centre to take a lesson out of Afghanistan where the Taliban seized power after 20 years and made the US flee as she urged the government to hold dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir and return its special status which was revoked in 2019.
Mehbooba's remarks drew flak from the BJP which accused her of indulging in "politics of hatred" and said anyone who conspires against India will be destroyed.
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The former chief minister warned the Centre to mend its ways, understand the situation, and see what is happening in the neighbourhood.
Addressing her party workers in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, Mehbooba demanded that the government should return what it has snatched from Kashmir and address the concerns according to the wishes and aspirations of the people. Citing the example of Afghanistan, the PDP president said the issues cannot be resolved by guns or stones.
She further said there was a lesson for the people of J-K in the situation in Afghanistan and added a time will come when the government will bend on its knees and ask them what they want.
Saying that India is an idea of various religions, diversities and ethnicities, Mehbooba said the Congress party saved the country and kept it together and accused the BJP of trying to divide it.