Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday stated that she feels ashamed as a Muslim because such an incident happened during Ramzan, while speaking about Saturday's attack on the paramilitary CRPF at Pampore.

MUFTI'S STATEMENT



Mufti expressed solidarity with the families of the deceased CRPF personnel and prayed for the peace of the departed souls. "My heart goes out to the families of the CRPF men killed in the gruesome attack," she said. "I fail to understand how somebody can indulge in such senseless acts in the name of Islam," she said. The Chief Minister said such attacks are desperate attempts by the militants to derail the peace and reconciliation process started by the state government.

OPPOSITION CONDEMNATION

The opposition National Conference condemned the Chief Minister for drawing such an analogy. "This is the same Mehbooba Mufti who used to say that terror has no religion. Now suddenly she sees terror as an offshoot of Islam for which Muslims should be ashamed. Coming from a chief minister, this is shameful," a National Conference statement issued by the party's spokesperson Junaid Mattu, said.

The opposition sees this as "yet another instance where Mehbooba Mufti is feeding in to the bigoted 'Islamic Terror' narrative." "She's either still trying to prove her loyalty to the RSS and VHP or she has pledged to assail Muslim societies, Muslims countries and Islam as a convenient medium of political empowerment," the spokesperson said.

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