Main demand at all-party meet will be restoration of pre-Aug 5, 2019 position: Mehbooba

Talking to reporters after paying floral tributes at the graveyard of her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed at Bijbehra in this south Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon, she said the late PDP founder was always in favour of dialogue to resolve any issue.

"We were not against talks called by our Prime Minister," she said.

Mehbooba, who is also Vice Chairperson of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an alliance of five mainstream political parties seeking restoration of special status, said ''We are demanding what has been snatched from the people of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh unconstitutionally on August 5.''

In reply to a question, Mehbooba, who headed a coalition government with BJP for about two years—2016 to 2018-- before the saffron party snatched the ties, said there is no agenda for the APM.

"We were not told about any agenda," she said, adding, however ''we are clear in our agenda to seek restoration of what has been snatched from us.''

She said during the past two years, the people of Jammu and Kashmir suffered the most as anyone who was raising their voice against injustice was being detained and booked under different laws. Even journalists were not spared for writing the truth, she alleged.

About the PAGD meeting earlier, Mehbooba said she was in favour of seeking immediate release of political and other detainees from jails.

"At least I wanted that prisoners who are facing serious charges and cannot be released should be at least shifted back to Kashmir jails so that their relatives could meet them who otherwise are facing financial and other problems to travel to these jails," she added.