{"id":15197,"date":"2019-01-07T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=15197"},"modified":"2019-01-07T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:09:09","slug":"was-concerned-like-a-mother-mehbooba-over-toffee-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=15197","title":{"rendered":"Was concerned like a mother: Mehbooba over toffee remark"},"content":{"rendered":"

SRINAGAR, JAN 07 :<\/i><\/strong> Peoples Democratic Party chairperson and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday apologised for her toffee remark that she made during the peak of 2016 summer uprising.<\/i><\/p>\n

Addressing workers on the death anniversary of his father late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at Bijbehara in south Kashmir, Mehbooba said that she was concerned like a mother about the young people who were getting killed and injured.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurt me that some people with vested interests were pushing young boys towards army camps and police stations,\u201d she said.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t I have this right to tell these children in a loud voice that you were part of my rallies\u2026 why were you asked to stand in the front of those rallies (protest demonstrations) where you, God forbid, got injured,\u201d said Mehbooba while addressing her workers on the death anniversary of her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI still apologise if anyone was hurt,\u201d she said: \u201cWhat else can I do?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Mehbooba was widely criticised for her comment during 2016 uprising that the \u201cyouth were not going to army camps and police stations to buy toffee and milk\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI am concerned for children like a mother. Was not my right to make such remarks. If anyone mother feels bad I apologize for that,\u201d she added.<\/i><\/p>\n

During the peak of 2016 summer uprising after the killing of popular militant commander Burhan Wani, Mehbooba while addressing a press conference in Srinagar along with the Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh justified the killing of youth by saying that \u201cthey were not going to camps and police station to buy toffees and milk\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n

Mehbooba also added that Narendra Modi \u2018wasted\u2019 his mandate as he didn\u2019t initiate any dialogue with Pakistan.<\/i><\/p>\n

In July 2016, while addressing a press conference with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Srinagar, when asked about the killings of youths in firing by security forces, she said: \u201cThose youths were not going to Army camps and police stations to buy toffee and milk.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Over 100 youths were killed in 2016 during the unrest that followed the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.<\/i><\/p>\n

Addressing party workers on the death anniversary of her father, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, she said on Monday: \u201cI was concerned about my children being pushed to rallies where they get injured.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t I have this right to tell these children in a loud voice that you were a part of my rallies, why were you asked to stand in front of the protest demonstrations where you, God forbid, get injured. Still, I apologize. What else can I do?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

During the peak of 2016 summer uprising after the killing of popular militant commander Burhan Wani, Mehbooba while addressing a press conference in Srinagar along with the Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh justified the killing of youth by saying that \u201cthey were not going to camps and police station to buy toffees and milk\u201d. (PTK)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SRINAGAR, JAN 07 : Peoples Democratic Party chairperson and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday apologised for her toffee remark that she made during the peak of 2016 summer uprising. Addressing workers on the death anniversary of his father late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at Bijbehara in south Kashmir, Mehbooba said that she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}