Article 370 abrogation: PDP leader Qayoom Wani quits politics

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Qayoom Wani onThursday announced that he has retired from politics to protest the abrogationof Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.

“Not only PDP, I will notbe part of any political party in the future,” said Wani in a statement issuedtoday. “I will only work as a civil society member and former leader ofemployees union.”

   

Wani, who headed theteachers’ forum in Jammu and Kashmir, unsuccessfully contested the Baramullaparliamentary elections last year on PDP ticket.

He was among dozens ofpolitical leaders detained following the August 5 move of the Union government.

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