Breaking the ruling party’s silence over the ban on beef PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said there is nothing new in the Judgment delivered by a division bench of the Jammu & Kashmir high court banning sale of beef as the law under section 298 A&B of Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) on sale of beef is already in force since 1947.According to KNS Correspondent Mehbooba Mufti while talking to reporters on the sidelines of her party function at Bandipora said people should understand that law pertaining to ban on beef existsin the state since 1947 and even the parties who had two third majority in the state assembly in past did not contemplate any move to change the law.
In reply to a question on stone pelting and hoisting a flags near the venue of “Big Kashmir marathon” Mehbooba Mufti said. A well intentioned event organized for soliciting the support for protection of Dal Lake was disrupted by some miscreants, Mehbooba Mufti said. Some 8 to 10 thousand youth and their parents participating in the run where hurt and humiliated the time when some of the girls participating in the run were manhandled by miscreants amid slogan shouting and flag hoisting.
According to the KNS correspondent, she said that no one will be allowed to manhandle girls under the garb of slogan shouting and flag hoisting as part of ongoing campaign for resolution of Kashmir issue.Stating that a case was registered against a policeman on charges of manhandling a girl after a shutdown to mark the protest was observed in Pulwama town Mehbooba Mufti said. Mehbooba asked people to come forward for help in curbing the continue physical assaults on girls and young women.Stating that the Friday protests have become a usual practice in Kashmir PDP chief said, prayers should not become an event of fighting but an occasion of brother hood, peace and religious tolerance. (KNS)