She further said, “It is a clear case of political vendetta. This is being done to intimidate my mother, as she has been very vocal and critical of the government after the revocation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. But we are not scared, as we have nothing to hide.”
On 13 October 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir government revoked Mufti’s detention. Mufti had been detained on the eve of the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and its bifurcation into two Union Territories on 5 August 2019.
“No one of us can forget the ‘insult’ and ‘humiliation’ we faced on 5 August when Article 370 was repealed ‘illegally’ and in an ‘anti-democratic’ manner,” she said after being released.
Soon after her release, on 15 October, Mufti met National Conference leaders Farooq and Omar Abdullah at their residence along with CPI(M), People’s Conference, JKPM, and ANC leaders and announced People’s Alliance for ‘Gupkar Declaration’. At the meeting, the signatories…