<p>Alleging the Government of India is &ldquo;employing absurd methods&rdquo; to harass and punish her for not &ldquo;toeing their line&rdquo;, People&rsquo;s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said she has been denied a passport over national security issue.</p> <p>The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, who is currently being investigated in a money laundering case after being placed in detention for more than a year, took to micro-blogging platform Twitter to vent her ire at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.</p> <p>&ldquo;Passport Office refused to issue my passport based on CID&rsquo;s report citing it as &lsquo;detrimental to the security of India. This is the level of normalcy achieved in Kashmir since Aug 2019 that an ex Chief Minister holding a passport is a threat to the sovereignty of a mighty nation,&rdquo; she tweeted.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Passport Office refused to issue my passport based on CID&rsquo;s report citing it as &lsquo;detrimental to the security of India. This is the level of normalcy achieved in Kashmir since Aug 2019 that an ex Chief Minister holding a passport is a threat to the sovereignty of a mighty nation. &lt;a href="https://t.co/3Z2CfDgmJy"&gt;pic.twitter.com/3Z2CfDgmJy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MehboobaMufti/status/1376441284395601922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 29, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p><strong>READ</strong>: <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/31vzPY6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DMK Leader MK Stalin Requests Rahul Gandhi To 'Unite Opposition' To Overthrow BJP Led Centre</a></strong></p> <p>Continuing her outburst, Mufti also expressed her disappointment over the passport office even rejecting her mother&rsquo;s application.</p> <p>&ldquo;Passport office has also rejected my mother&rsquo;s passport application. CID claims that my mother who is well into her seventies is a &lsquo;threat to national security&rsquo; &amp; therefore doesn&rsquo;t deserve a passport. GOI is employing&nbsp; absurd methods to harass &amp; punish me for not toeing their line,&rdquo; she tweeted.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Passport office has also rejected my mother&rsquo;s passport application. CID claims that my mother who is well into her seventies is a &lsquo;threat to national security&rsquo; &amp;amp; therefore doesn&rsquo;t deserve a passport. GOI is employing absurd methods to harass &amp;amp; punish me for not toeing their line &lt;a href="https://t.co/XvPH9D6Oez"&gt;pic.twitter.com/XvPH9D6Oez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MehboobaMufti/status/1376534617591738374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 29, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah also took on the ruling BJP at the Centre over Mufti being denied a passport.</p> <p><strong>READ:</strong> <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/2O1kWcW" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Govt Gives Big Push To Eco-Tourism In Jammu-Kashmir, New Trekking Routes Opened For Tourists</a></strong></p> <p>&ldquo;What a shame J&amp;K police is going along with this farce. How is it that Mehbooba Mufti was not a threat to the nation when her party was allied with the BJP? As Chief Minister she was incharge of the Home Department &amp; head of the Unified Command, now suddenly she&rsquo;s a threat!,&rdquo; he tweeted.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;What a shame J&amp;amp;K police is going along with this farce. How is it that Mehbooba Mufti was not a threat to the nation when her party was allied with the BJP? As Chief Minister she was incharge of the Home Department &amp;amp; head of the Unified Command, now suddenly she&rsquo;s a threat! &lt;a href="https://ift.tt/3rznP2i; Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/OmarAbdullah/status/1376475144403623944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 29, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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