Mehbooba Mufti accuses Omar of Aligning with BJP on Indus Water Treaty debate [Video]

Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday accused Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of toeing BJP’s line by touching the “settled issues” with Pakistan.

Omar Abdullah’s arch-rival Mehbooba Mufti passed these remarks while reacting to the Chief Minister’s statement at New Delhi on Tuesday where he highlighted constraints imposed on Jammu and Kashmir on harnessing its hydropower potentials due to the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan.

Mehbooba Mufti argued that initiating a debate on “settled issues” with Pakistan, such as the treaty, would only serve to align with the BJP’s interests.

According to Mehbooba, by revisiting the Indus Water Treaty—a longstanding agreement between India and Pakistan—the conversation risks being co-opted by the BJP for political gains on a national level.

Although successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir,including the PDP-Congress coalition that governed from 2002 to 2008, have previously raised concerns about the hardships the Treaty imposes on the region, Mehbooba believes the …