Cong, PDP ask G20 to keep eye on J&K; BJP hits back

Srinagar: Opposition Congress and PDP on Monday said the government wanted to falsely project normalcy in Jammu & Kashmir by holding a G20 event while there was an “emergency-like situation” in the Union Territory.
The BJP hit back and asserted that holding of a G20 event proves that Kashmir is now a “peaceful destination”.
“The G20 countries should also internally keep an eye on the situation in Jammu & Kashmir.The democracy has been wiped out here, there is an emergency-like situation created by the BJP,” Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Vikar Rasool Wani told reporters at a party function here.
He said the government has destroyed the roads in the city and now is putting up hoardings to impress the G20 delegates. “They are showing the roads to the G20, roads have been destroyed, now only pictures are being put up the G20 should also know about the internal situation in J&K, the lack of democracy, the absence of an (elected) assembly, snatching of the statehood and the division of the state, Wani said.
Wani claimed that he was denied permission to hold public rallies in the Valley but the BJP’s like-minded parties are continuously allowed to do so. “We had applied for permission to hold rallies at Baramulla, Budgam, Kupwara and Kishtwar but permission was not granted. Other parties like Apni party and DPAP are getting permissions continuously,” he said.PTI