Omar Abdullah leads National Conference protest against Kashmir highway ban

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday led a protest march against the highway closure order.

The protest march was held at Pantha Chowk on theSrinagar-Jammu highway.

   

While the army stationed in the Valley has said they don’thave any information about the closure of the highway, the outgoing union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh has said that he would not revoke the order banning thecivilian movement.

According to the order issued last week, the highway fromBaramulla in north Kashmir to Udhampur in Jammu will remain closed everyWednesday and Sunday till May 31 to ensure movement of the forces’ personnelfor the election purpose.

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