2 Months On, National Conference Delegation Allowed To Meet Abdullahs

Two months after National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar were placed under preventive detention, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has finally allowed party members to meet them. “A delegation led by provincial president Devender Singh Rana will leave Jammu on Sunday morning,” news agency ANI quoted National Conference spokesperson Madan Mantoo as saying today.
Farooq and Omar Abdullah, both former Chief Ministers, were placed under detention the night before the center scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5. The government also took similar action against other Kashmir-based politicians, including Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti and Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone, to prevent a possible backlash from the public.

According to Mr Mantoo, the delegation was allowed to meet the Abdullahs after Mr Rana made a request in this regard. While 81-year-old Farooq Abdullah has been placed under house arrest at his Srinagar residence, his son remains detained at the Hari Niwas state guest house nearby.

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