Mehbooba Likens JNU Charge Sheet With Afzal Guru Hanging

Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti likened the charge sheet filed against JNU student leaders in the sedition row with the hanging of terrorist Afzal Guru and termed it vote bank politics.

“As I have already said that such kind of steps before elections raise doubts. People may remember that even before 2014 elections, Congress hanged Afzal Guru by picking him up from the 28th position. They thought that this way they will win 2014 elections. Today BJP is doing the same thing. Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid and seven-eight other students from Kashmir have been named in the charge sheet. This is absolutely wrong. It feels like Jammu and Kashmir people are once again being used as a pawn ahead of 2019 elections. This is nothing but politics of votes,” said Mehbooba told the media here on Tuesday.