Underscoring that the situation in Kashmir is bigger than party issues, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti refused to meet a delegation of her party members. A day after Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik granted the PDP permission to meet its chief, the party on Monday deferred the meeting with her until next week.
Mehbooba, along with a majority of the party’s leadership, has been under detention since August 5, when the Centre moved to scrap J&K’s special status, and has not met any party members since.
The party stated that the delegation took the decision to defer its meeting with Mehbooba after a meeting late on Sunday, owing to the unavailability of some members from Jammu for an 11 am appointment at Srinagar.
Party sources, however, told The Indian…