Srinagar: On Sunday , PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that the Gujjar and Bakerwal communities were being "selectively targeted" in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir and inform that if the issue was not addressed by the Governor S P Malik-led administration, the cost would be "dangerous".

Mehbooba Mufti said that, "Unfortunately, under the governor's nose, there is selective targeting of Gujjars and Bakerwals in Jammu and the governor's administration is not taking note of it and  she had raised the matter with the governor after some houses of Gujjars and Bakerwals were "selectively" served eviction notices in the name of encroachment, immediately after the PDP-BJP government in the state collapsed in June last year.”

She further added that, "The governor gave her an assurance that those (houses) will not be touched, especially in the winter months. (But) they are being harassed in the name of encroachment and also in the name of bovine smuggling," While, The People's Democratic Party (PDP) president also suspected that the Muslims living in the Jammu region were being threatened of a 1947-like situation, when communal riots had taken place.

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Stating that the Muslims of Jammu were feeling vulnerable, Mehbooba said she had hoped that after the governor's assurance, such things would stop.she emphasis on that, "If the governor's administration does not handle the fragile situation, then its consequences would be dangerous for the state," Without specially naming anyone, Mehbooba said there were some powers in Jammu that were trying to inspire a sense of fear among the minorities -- like in the case of alleged rape of a minor Bakerwal girl in Kathua last year.

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