Average Kashmiri views India as "occupational force", Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, said here on Friday.
Speaking at India Today Conclave, Mufti also said that rest of India mourned when Chandrayaan 2 failed, but has shown very little empathy for the plight of the Kashmiris.
"Kashmiris feel a deep sense of shock and betrayal. I don't know how you are going to undo the damage and the pain you have inflicted on the Kashmiri people," Iltija, whose mother is under preventive detention since the abrogation of Article 370, said.
The BJP's claim that scrapping of Article 370 will pave the way for Kashmir's development and emancipation of its women was just "shields" to engineer demographic change in the lone Muslim-majority state in the country, she alleged.
"You (rest of India) showed more collective outrage when Chandrayaan 2 failed, you showed more feelings when it failed...but you don't feel empathy for the nine million (Kashmiri) people," Iltija said, referring to India's moon mission and the failure of its lander to maintain communication link.
Asked what does the average Kashmiri want, Iltija said, "The average Kashmiri -- I know this is going to land me in lot of trouble -- but the average Kashmiri views India as an occupational force. Most of them are not even thinking about Pakistan, they want freedom. There, I said it, but it's the truth."
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