Time to restore rights of J&K people: Priyanka on Omar release

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesdaywelcomed the decision of releasing former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister OmarAbdullah from the “unconstitutional detention” and said “it istime restore the rights of people of the Jammu and Kashmir too.”

“So happy to learn that Omar Abdullah’sunconstitutional and undemocratic detention has been revoked at last. Its abouttime the union government restores democratic and constitutional rights to thepeople of Jammu and Kashmir as well,” Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet.

   

Her remarks came after the Jammu and Kashmir governmentrevoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) of former chief minister and ended hisdetention on Tuesday more than seven months after he and two other former chiefministers — Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were detained ahead of therevocation of Article 370 on August 5 2019.

“Government issues orders revoking detention of ShriOmar Abdullah,” Government Spokesperson Rohit Kansal tweeted.

The order comes just a day before the hearing in the apexcourt.

Omar Abdullah was among the 50 odd politicians who were keptunder ‘preventive detention’ after the revocation of Article 370 andbifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories (UTs) on August 5,2019.

He and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti were slappedwith PSA on February 7 after being detained under preventive detention sinceAugust 5, 2019.

The PSA was slapped on former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullahon September 16, 2019, after 42 days of preventive detention.

A few days before the Article 370 move by the Centre, FarooqAbdullah had presided over a meeting of all parties in Kashmir in which Omaralso participated and had adopted a declaration – Gupkar declaration – thatthey will not accept any tinkering with Article 370.

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