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Ahead of their protests against the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission, Several political leaders , including three former Chief Minister’s of the erst while state of Jammu and Kashmir, PAGD leaders were detained by police. It sparked off a major blame game and leaders uniting in slamming the Centre.
Taking to twitter National Conference Vice-president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “Good morning and welcome to 2022. A new year with the same JK police illegally locking people in their homes and an administration so terrified of normal democratic activity”.
Good morning & welcome to 2022. A new year with the same J&K police illegally locking people in their homes & an administration so terrified of normal democratic activity. Trucks parked outside our gates to scuttle the peaceful @JKPAGD sit-in protest. Some things never change. pic.twitter.com/OeSNwAOVkp
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) January 1, 2022
In another scathing tweet Omar wrote, Talk about a lawless police state, the police have even locked the internal gate connecting my father’s home to my sister’s. Yet our leaders have the cheek to tell the world that India is the largest democracy, hah!!
Talk about a lawless police state, the police have even locked the internal gate connecting my father’s home to my sister’s. Yet our leaders have the cheek to tell the world that India is the largest democracy, hah!! pic.twitter.com/flNICRGk58
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) January 1, 2022
PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti too was detained by the police , Mufti soon tweeted, GOI trumpets scrapping Article 370 & dismembering J&K throughout the country but is deeply paranoid & intolerant when people of J&K want to protest against its disempowerment. For the umpteenth time, we’ve been placed under house arrest for trying to organise a peaceful protest
GOI trumpets scrapping Article 370 & dismembering J&K throughout the country but is deeply paranoid & intolerant when people of J&K want to protest against its disempowerment. For the umpteenth time, we’ve been placed under house arrest for trying to organise a peaceful protest
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) January 1, 2022
Senior CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami, who is the spokesperson of the alliance, said it was sad that the Jammu and Kashmir administration was “scared even to allow a peaceful protest”.
