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SRINAGAR, Sep 16: National Conference Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday criticised the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway during the peak fruit season in the valley, and alleged it was a \u201cdeliberate ploy\u201d to harm Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s economy.
\nFruit-laden trucks from Kashmir have been stranded for days due to the closure of the critical highway following heavy rains and flash floods, with growers expressing apprehensions of losses.
\nThe 270 km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH44) was closed for nine consecutive days following heavy rainfall last month. It was reopened last week, but only for light motor vehicles.
\n\u201cThere is a pattern, sometimes substandard pesticide is sold, sometimes cheaper apples are imported, and sometimes highway is closed. Our horticulture contributes more than 75 per cent to our GDP. It contributes seven times more than tourism. But, there is a pattern of a war against our horticulture,\u201d Mehdi alleged while speaking to reporters in Shopian.
\nThe Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar said even when the highway has been opened for traffic, \u201cthe stranded trucks from Srinagar have not been allowed to move to Jammu\u201d.
\n\u201cIf trucks from Jammu are allowed to move towards Srinagar, why are our fruit-laden trucks not allowed to move? Before this, a year or so ago, our fruit-laden trucks were stopped on the highway deliberately, and the fruit was left to rot. There is a clear pattern of an attack on our economy. The closure of the highway is a part of that,\u201d he charged, adding, \u201cit is being done deliberately\u201d.
\nHowever, Mehdi expressed hope that the movement of heavy vehicles would be restored on the highway sooner.
\nWelcoming the Supreme Court\u2019s order to put on hold some key provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act, Mehdi, a firebrand Shia leader, said law should be applied equally on everyone across all religions.
\n\u201cI appeal to the Supreme Court in general that law should be applied equally on everyone, across all religions. If Muslims cannot govern institutions of other religions, then how can it be applied on the Muslims?\u201d he said. He said the SC order has sent a positive message, \u201cbut that is not the end.\u201d \u201cHopefully, this positive start will open doors for the justice that we hope from the Supreme Court,\u201d he added.
\nTo a question on the PSA on AAP\u2019s Doda MLA Mehraj Malik, Mehdi said people have to stand up against the \u201cPSA regime\u201d.
\n\u201cI have said no one is safe. Any citizen of J-K who talks about his rights is not safe. It is up to us to either just watch the situation or get proactive and fight against this PSA regime\u2026 This will only stop when we fight it together,\u201d he said.
\nWithout naming his party\u2019s government in the Union territory, the Srinagar MP said \u201cthose we gave the mandate to, have perhaps not understood that they have to stand up against this regime proactively\u201d.
\n\u201cI want to tell them to wake up and understand this. If they stay silent right now, then their turn will also come. If they don\u2019t wake up, then we all have to rise and stand against it,\u201d Mehdi said.<\/p>\n

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SRINAGAR, Sep 16: National Conference Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday criticised the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway during the peak fruit season in the valley, and alleged it was a \u201cdeliberate ploy\u201d to harm Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s economy. 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