Disheartening To See Country’s Largest Minority Facing ‘Unprecedented Threats’, says Mehbooba Mufti

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti expressed concern over threats faced by India’s largest minority on Constitution Day. She cited the Sambhal violence during protests against a mosque survey, highlighting the contradiction with constitutional guarantees of equal rights. Mufti criticized the search for temples under mosques, defying the Supreme Court’s ruling on maintaining the status quo of religious places.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said it was “disheartening” that the country’s largest minority was facing “unprecedented threats” as it celebrated Constitution Day. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supremo referred to the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, where four people died during protests against a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque.

The government on Tuesday kick-started yearlong celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution.

“Today, as we celebrate Constitution Day, it is disheartening to see the largest minority in our country facing unprecedented threats. Their dignity, lives, livelihoods and places of worship are under attack, contradicting the Constitution’s guarantee of equal rights and dignity for every citizen, regardless of their background,” the former Jammu and Kashmir chief said in a post on X.

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