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About time people of J&K get back their rights: ‘Happy’ Priyanka Gandhi on Omar Abdullah's release
By: TP News
Date: 3/24/2020 12:29:00 PM
Srinagar :Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has welcomed the government’s decision to revoke PSA against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, saying it’s time the Centre restores democratic rights to the people of J&K.
Taking to Twitter on Omar Abdullah’s release on Tuesday,Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote, So happy to learn that @omarabdullah’s unconstitutional and undemocratic detention has been revoked at last. It’s about time the union government restores democratic and constitutional rights to the people of Jammu and Kashmir as well. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah will be shortly released after nearly eight months of detention.Omar’s release order was issued after charges under the Public Safety Act(PSA), slapped on him in February, were revoked.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose chief Mehbooba Mufti continues to be under detention, also welcomed the move to revoke PSA against Omar Abdullah. We welcome the release of Omar Abdullah from detention and urge the government to release Mehbooba Mufti and along with her all other political prisoners who are either lodged in jails outside J&K , sub jailsor under house detentions, the party said in a statement on Tuesday.
PDP added: Detaining politicians with dissent under PSA withabsurd charges questions the basic principle of world's largest democracy.Both Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah were detained on August 5 before the government moved to abrogate provisions of Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir.
Omar Abdullah was initially detained under preventive custody and later slapped with the PSA on February 5. His fatherFarooq Abdullah was released earlier this month after his PSA was revoked.