{"id":189719,"date":"2025-12-08T09:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=189719"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:53:16","slug":"mehbooba-urges-delhi-to-rethink-kashmir-policy-end-coercive-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/08\/mehbooba-urges-delhi-to-rethink-kashmir-policy-end-coercive-measures.html","title":{"rendered":"Mehbooba urges Delhi to rethink Kashmir policy, end coercive measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-183006\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/mehbooba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/mehbooba.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/mehbooba-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/mehbooba-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/mehbooba-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has urged the Modi-led Indian government to review its hardline policy in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, saying reconciliation\u2014not repression\u2014is the only way to address the deepening alienation among the people.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Mehbooba Mufti told reporters in Srinagar that despite New Delhi\u2019s claims of \u201cnormalcy\u201d after the August 05, 2019, revocation of Article 370, the ground realities in the territory reveal widespread distress and disenfranchisement. She said Delhi\u2019s assertions that \u201ccomputers and books have replaced stones\u201d stand contradicted by the growing frustration among Kashmiri youth.<\/p>\n<p>The former chief minister said her party recently organised a public dialogue with a cross-section of society to understand the challenges Kashmiris are facing under New Delhi\u2019s repressive regime. She recalled that the involvement of some educated youth in the recent Delhi blast case had deeply shaken her \u201cas a mother,\u201d prompting wider discussions on why young Kashmiris feel compelled to choose \u201cdeath over life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mehbooba added that the dialogue series would continue across Jammu andKashmir to document public sentiment. She stressed, however, that only a meaningful process of reconciliation can restore dignity to the people of the occupied territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Jammu and Kashmir want to live with honour and dignity. They should not be coerced through black laws like UAPA and PSA or by agencies such as the NIA,\u201d she said, emphasising that New Delhi must initiate steps that acknowledge IIOJK\u2019s political sensitivities and longstanding grievances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has urged the Modi-led Indian government to review its hardline policy in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, saying reconciliation\u2014not repression\u2014is the only way to address the deepening alienation among the people. According to Kashmir Media Service, Mehbooba Mufti told reporters in Srinagar that despite New Delhi\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-189719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/11\/mehbooba.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189721,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189719\/revisions\/189721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}