Srinagar, Mar 27 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government for what she termed a “belated” response to Israel’s attack on Iran, asserting that it took Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the only Muslim chief minister in the country, a month to issue an unequivocal condemnation.
In a post on X, the former chief minister as per news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) pointed to the Punjab assembly’s resolution on the issue, contrasting it with the response from the Union Territory administration.
“How disheartening that it took our Chief Minister — the only Muslim CM of India’s only Muslim majority state — an entire month to unequivocally condemn Israel’s dastardly attack on Iran,” Mufti said.
She stated that the Punjab assembly acted swiftly, becoming the first legislature to pass a resolution condemning the attack and expressing solidarity with Iran.
“Yet the J&K government showed no such urgency or genuine concern, choosing to limit its responses to mere rhetoric and speeches instead of a clear and principled stand,” she added. (KNS)
