Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Friday suggested India has turned into a “Lynchistaan”, claiming that intolerance was rising in the country and those criticising lynchings in Bangladesh were silent when such things happened here. ADVERTISEMENTIltija’s mother, PDP supremo and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti who heads the Peoples Democratic Party, also launched a diatribe against the country’s judiciary, alleging it has been thoroughly politicised. Videos showed Rightwing activists forcing them to chant certain slogans, beating them up when they refused to do so. A division bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal recently said her petition was unsubstantiated and politically driven, and failed to meet the legal standards required to entertain it. The former chief minister said the verdict was regrettable and surprising, asking that if “every Tom, Dick and Harry can file a PIL, why not a politician”.

Source: The Telegraph December 27, 2025 08:35 UTC