Srinagar, Oct. 13 -- People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday criticised the BJP-led central government's 'contradictory' policy of 'embracing Taliban' while allegedly ignoring the 'systematic marginalisation' of India's own Muslims.

Mufti was reacting to the visit of Afghanistan's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to New Delhi.

"In the name of 'love jihad,' 'land jihad,' 'vote jihad' and 'cow jihad' the BJP has repeatedly targeted its own Muslim population propagating narratives that demonise them. At the same time India, the mother of democracy, under the BJP has decided to embrace Taliban as the harbinger of jihad," Mufti said on X.

On a six-day visit to India since Thursday, Muttaqi held high-level talks ...