'Forced loyalty pledges’ of separatist leaders’ kin akin to intimidation by militants in 1990s: Mehbooba Mufti
Hurriyat hawk late Syed Ali Geelani’s granddaughter Ruwa Shah and jailed separatist leader Shabir Shah’s daughter Sama Shabir had recently put notices in newspapers disassociating themselves from “separatist ideology” and pledging their loyalty to “the sovereignty of Union of India”.
Kashmir witnessed a time when gun toting militants threatened & forced political workers to disassociate themselves from the mainstream or face dire consequences. Today that pattern is being repeated & what makes it even more disturbing is that the role is being played by the… pic.twitter.com/QuUCuLPSDo