Outlook speaks with Iltija Mufti, who is media advisor to her mother and the People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti. Mehbooba Mufti is party's candidate for South Kashmir's Rajouri-Anantnag Lok Sabha seat. Iltija Mufti accompanies Mehbooba in her electoral campaigns.
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00:00 Yesterday, during the campaign, Mahbubaji said that people should vote.
00:05 Are you worried about the people will not come out to vote?
00:08 I mean, there is a slight apprehension, but I don't think that will happen because for
00:12 the past five years, they realized that there's been an onslaught on their identity.
00:16 And there's a deliberate campaign and decisions taken by the central government to disempower
00:21 and dispossess them.
00:22 So there is a consciousness amongst the people of Jammu and Kashmir that their vote will
00:26 carry a lot of weight and it will determine a lot of things for the people of Jammu and
00:30 Kashmir for the next five years.
00:32 Why this election is very important?
00:34 It is very important because this is the first election after the abrogation of Article 370.
00:41 And I feel that our voices must be heard because you see the kind of discourse that has been
00:45 in the parliament even for the past five years.
00:47 Nobody talks about Jammu and Kashmir.
00:49 Nobody talks about the fact that Jammu Kashmir is the only state which is demoted from the
00:53 status of a state to a UT.
00:55 And this was a state which had a semi-autonomous status, a special status with residual powers,
01:01 its own constitution, its own flag.
01:04 And the people here have been suppressed for the past five years.
01:06 So they have to speak up through their vote.
01:08 So their vote is their strength.
01:11 Yesterday also, BDB president said that she has an apprehension that some people are sabotaging
01:18 or of a people should not come out.
01:22 What kind of apprehensions do you have?
01:24 Naseem, you know that in the past two weeks, we've witnessed two targeted killings and
01:29 that's very strange.
01:30 That's extremely strange more so because the local administration here and the government
01:34 of India keeps chest thumping about how they've established a sense of normalcy.
01:39 So why is it that in the past two weeks, there's been a targeted killing in Pulwama?
01:43 There was a targeted killing in Bijbehara the other day.
01:46 So it seems slightly orchestrated and there's definitely something very fishy about it.
01:51 And her apprehension stems from the fact that this could be a concerted move to ensure that
01:55 there's a low turnout.
01:56 Are you facing any difficulties in campaign?
02:00 I have to be very honest with you.
02:02 When I go and I have these interactive meetings, the administration is quite cooperative, but
02:07 I am told that the meetings that I have with the workers, they are threatened.
02:11 A night before I come, they are told things like, "We'll snatch your ration cards if you
02:15 go and attend her meeting."
02:16 So there is a sense of fear and intimidation and I don't know where those orders are coming
02:21 from.
02:22 You have been talking to people.
02:23 What are the apprehensions and expectations of the people?
02:25 To be quite honest, the people of Jammu and Kashmir are very disillusioned right now.
02:30 They are hurting and there's a lot of despair here.
02:34 And I have to be honest with you, there's no love lost for politicians.
02:37 They almost paint every politician with the same brush.
02:41 So when you speak to them, you have to talk about things that give them a sense of hope.
02:45 And that's what I've been trying to do.
02:47 Thanks Prakash.
02:48 Thank you.