Defence-heavy budget sucking us dry: Mehbooba Mufti on Trump's dead economy remark
Mehbooba Mufti also criticised the lack of transparency in the country's military engagements, referring to Operation Sindoor. 'During Operation Sindoor, our chief of defence staff himself said that we were fighting both Pakistan and China. But no one mentioned China's name in the Parliament.'Mufti accused the central government of conflating domestic political goals with foreign policy. 'Our leadership must realise that our domestic policy can not be our foreign policy. They have made their domestic policy of pleasing people for votes, their foreign policy,' she said.The PDP leader linked this approach to international criticism. 'That's why Trump, whom we respected so much, has attacked our country the most,' she added.- EndsInputs from ANI
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