Karnataka hijab row is an excuse to keep Muslim girls away from education, alleges Mehbooba Mufti
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Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged that the hijab controversy happening in Karnataka is an "excuse to keep Muslim girls away from education."
The PDP President was speaking with the media at Srinagar. She said that the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will meet on February 23 to discuss the situation in the wake of the draft report of the Delimitation Commission, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday. The meeting was earlier scheduled for February 13.
"We are not surprised at the draft recommendation of Delimitation Commission. The PDP has from the outset expressed apprehensions that this Commission is set up to advance the BJP agenda," she told media.
"'Constituencies have been redrawn in such a way that it would not matter whether they (Muslims in Jammu division) vote or not,"' she alleged.
The draft report has proposed an overhaul of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir and has been criticised by most parties including the National Conference, PDP, Congress, Peoples Conference led by Sajad Lone, the CPI(M) and JK Awami National Conference (ANC).
On Monday, hundreds of BJP activists tendered resignation to protest the proposed merger of the Suchetgarh assembly constituency in Jammu district.
"They want to convert Gandhi's India into Godse's India. Jammu and Kashmir have become a laboratory for that. Just like they have created a mess by the Delimitation Commission here, same will be done soon elsewhere in the country," the former chief minister alleged.