Srinagar, Sept. 24 -- People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, accusing him of oversimplifying the struggles of J-K by framing them solely as a demand for statehood.

In a post on X, Mufti argued that the core concerns of people in both Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh revolve around dignity, rights, and protection of land, jobs, and resources--including the demand for special status--and warned that narrowing the discourse only serves to strengthen the BJP's narrative.

"While violence of any kind is absolutely condemnable, let us be clear. To reduce the struggles of Jammu and Kashmir to the issue of statehood alone, as @OmarAbdullah does, is not only mislead...