On Wednesday, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti made a reference to Lord Ram said that the commitment made by the Indians back in 1947 to the people of Jammu and Kashmir is currently being evaluated within the Supreme Court.

She expressed gratitude that there remains a degree of trust among the locals in this ongoing judicial process.

“This country cannot be run on majoritarianism. This country will be run as per the Constitution,” she said, adding the issue of abrogation of article 370 pertains to the people of India and the promise they made to the natives of Kashmir in 1947.

While talking to the media she said,

“We know what has happened to institutions of the country. Fortunately we still have some faith in the Supreme Court of this country. I want to appeal to them that the country believes in the principle ‘Raghukul reet sada chali aayi, pran jaye par vachan na jaye’.

“I am not talking about those who kill in the name of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and lynch in the name of ‘Jai Shri Ram’. I am talking about those of the majority community people who believe in ‘Ramchandra ji’, his vachan (promise) that ‘Raghukul reet sada chali aayi, pran jaye par vachan na jaye’ so I think that ‘vachan’ is on trial today in the Supreme Court,” the PDP leader said.

She further, said it is for the Supreme Court and the Indian citizens to see whether the country will be run according to the Constitution or “as per the divisive agenda of a particular party”.

Mehbooba Mufti expressed her contentment over the fact that the court rejected the central government's argument regarding the improvement of the situation in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir following the revocation of Article 370. She pointed out that in the past five years, a significant number of Kashmiri Pandits were compelled to depart from the Valley.

Mufti also highlighted that the central government has asserted its success in quelling militancy in Kashmir, accrediting this accomplishment to the efforts of the Army. However, she accused the government of using the pretext of eradicating militancy as a means to undermine and detrimentally transform the region of Jammu and Kashmir.

On August 2, former chief minister Omar Abdullah had visited the top court and said he expected justice from it like any other Indian citizen.

The top court had that day commenced hearing the pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

In 2019, numerous petitions were submitted contesting the revocation of the provisions outlined in Article 370, as well as the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act of the same year. This Act led to the division of the former state into two distinct union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. These petitions were subsequently forwarded to a Constitution bench for deliberation.