Srinagar, July 21 -- Opposition PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Monday described the ruling National Conference protest in Delhi over restoration of statehood as a "lacklustre and deliberately understated event".

"Instead of a lacklustre, deliberately understated and soft-pedalled one-day event at a random Delhi club without even a whimper about Article 370, imagine a protest in Jantar Mantar reverberating with slogans for reinstituting Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status," Iltija said.

She said it was "unfortunate" that the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir is choosing to normalise an "illegal and disempowering act" of abrogation of Article 370.

The PDP, which was one of the parties invited by the NC, did not join the protest.

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