Srinagar, July 29 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday apologised for her "banta hai" remarks at Jantar Mantar.

Mehbooba said that she actually wanted to say that "bahana banta hai" (militancy becomes an excuse/pretext for use of force by security forces during Kashmir protests) instead of "banta hai".

"Today I would say that the things I said (in Delhi), it was not a fake video but the word I wanted to say was 'bahana banta hai' but in a slip (of tongue, I said banta hai) because I was talking to many people and wrong meaning was extracted from that. People have given me their love and respect and they trust me a lot," she said in a press conference in Srinagar....