Srinagar, Sept. 18 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday attacked the Centre over the house arrest of political leaders in the Valley. She accused the BJP of "weaponising the pain of people" and calling its approach "dangerous and utterly reprehensible."

Posting on X, Mehbooba Mufti wrote, The decision to place the political leadership under house arrest today, simply to stop us from visiting Sopore to offer condolences on the demise of Professor Abdul Gani Bhat, lays bare the harsh and undemocratic reality in Jammu and Kashmir."

She called the controversy at Hazratbal Dargah a result of deep-seated public resentment. She added, "What unfolded at Hazratbal Dargah, the eruption of spontaneous, raw public a...