Commenting on reported attacks involving Kashmir-based buses and people outside the Union Territory, Ruhullah said the relationship between Jammu and Kashmir and the Union had become hostile following the 2019 decisions.
“Kashmir has been polarised instead of being normalised, and I have been saying this from 2019 until now,” he said, holding the BJP responsible for what he described as the growing hostility towards Kashmiris.
“The relationship between this state and the Union was not normalised in 2019. It was made hostile, and the responsibility for that hostility lies with the BJP,” he said.
Ruhullah also expressed disappointment with the Jammu and Kashmir government, alleging that it had failed to fulfil people’s expectations on governance and its political commitments after two years in office.
“People in Jammu and Kashmir have been disappointed, unfortunately. They should not have been,” he said.
Questioning the government’s performance, the MP cited issues including the restoration of Article 370, employment, reservation, electricity, students’ concerns and prisoners’ welfare.
“On which parameter can we say that the government has delivered anything that we can be proud of?” he asked.
Reacting to former chief minister Farooq Abdullah’s reported remarks that the abrogation of Article 370 was wrong, Ruhullah said the focus should be on measures to reverse the decision rather than merely reiterating opposition to it.
“Everyone knows that the abrogation was wrong. You know it, I know it, and most people in India know it,” he said.
“The question is: what are we doing to reverse that decision?” he added.
Ruhullah also described protests seeking accountability from the Election Commission as genuine, saying they could indicate a revival of democratic resistance.
“It is a genuine protest, and it seems democracy may be starting to breathe again after being suppressed over the past 10 to 12 years,” he said. (KDC)
