Srinagar, Sep 19
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti, said on Friday that she has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to review the case of incarcerated JKLF chief, Yasin Malik, through a ‘humanitarian lens’.
Interestingly, Mehbooba Mufti’s appeal to Amit Shah has come at a time when media reports quoting Yasin Malik’s affidavit to the Delhi High Court said that he had given up arms and met terrorist leader, Hafiz Saeed, at the behest of the then Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.
Malik also said in his affidavit that Manmohan Singh had thanked him for meeting Hafiz Saeed and for giving up arms to wage a non-violent separatist struggle.
Mehbooba Mufti said on X, “I’ve written to Shri Amit Shah ji to view Yasin Malik’s case through a humanitarian lens. While I differ with his political ideology, one cannot ignore the courage it took him to renounce violence and choose the path of political engagement and non violent dissent”.