SRINAGAR:  PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that state governments appeared to be granting patronage to mob violence against Kashmiris outside the Union Territory, allowing hatred to replace the rule of law.

“Instead of upholding Raj Dharma, the state governments appear to be granting silent patronage to mob violence, treating hatred as a shortcut to political success. The rule of law has been replaced by politics of fear,” Mufti posted on X.

She was reacting to a video purportedly showing an elderly Kashmiri man being harassed in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur.