Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday ducked a question over succeeding her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as the chief minister of the state."I am not comfortable with this question please. I don't want to think about it. I am working for the people and will continue to do so," Mehbooba replied to a question about her succeeding her father as JK Chief Minister during an interaction at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi.Earlier this month in Jammu, Mufti had dropped enough hints of his daughter taking over as CM.While drawing similarities between ISIS and extremists who attack minorities in the name of religion, Mehbooba demanded that "fringe elements" acting in the name of Hinduism should be checked.
She said that both the extremists groups are misusing religion to perpetrate violence."In our country tolerance is the strength and if we don't stop this so-called fringe elements...What is happening in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq... Because those are also fringe elements who are misusing the name of Islam,” she said."So in our country there are fringe elements who are misusing the name of Hinduism and they also compare it with nationalism which is worse," she said. Mehbooba said Bihar elections had done a "great job" to the "fringe elements" who misused the name Hinduism comparing it with "nationalism".She was Sayeed was asked a question how does her party justify when noises including by some Union Ministers of "go to Pakistan".
She said "the mentality is the same..It is the thought process that counts.""When people are trying to fight a battle with rising prices, don't get onions, and suddenly some people start dictating as to which meat should one consume? This is not done. This is not acceptable," she said.To a question whether it was affecting the PDP-BJP alliance in the state which saw death of a young trucker being killed by such fringe elements, she said "the murderers have been booked and tough action has been taken. This is what counts. Statements can be there but at the end it's the action that counts." (KNS)