On the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti and a number of other different native leaders of the Nationwide Convention (NC) and PDP have been positioned beneath home arrest on Monday. Sources mentioned the transfer is a part of precautionary measures to keep up legislation and order in Jammu and Kashmir.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and Nationwide Convention chief spokesperson Tanveer Sadiq additionally claimed to have been positioned beneath home arrest.
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Folks’s Convention chief Sajad Gani Lone described the day Article 370 was abrogated as a reminder of “the overall disempowerment of the individuals of Kashmir”.
“5 years on, there isn’t any elected parliament and locals don’t have any say in working their very own affairs. Sadly, there are usually not sturdy sufficient voices within the nation to query why J and Ok have been selectively focused for such a humiliating existence (sic),” Lone mentioned on Twitter.
The safety grid in Jammu and Kashmir is on excessive alert and all safety forces have been instructed to keep away from convoy motion on Monday. The advisory additionally banned motion of convoys of Amarnath pilgrims between varied base camps.
Whereas most political events in Jammu and Kashmir condemned the abrogation of Article 370, BJP to carry occasions throughout union territories To mark the landmark day, the abolition of particular constitutional provisions is a long-standing electoral promise of the get together.
(Together with PTI enter)
