Former Jammu And Kashmir CM Ghulam Nabi Azad Moves Supreme Court To Visit His Home State

The senior Congress leader has also sought a nod from the top court to visit his family members and relatives.Senior Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to visit his home state to enquire about the well being of his family members.Azad said he has filed the petition in his personal capacity and it is apolitical.His plea is scheduled to be taken up by a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer on Monday. The senior Congress leader has also sought a nod from the top court to visit his family members and relatives.He had tried to visit the state after the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status but was sent back from the airport by authorities.

On former Haryana chief minister’s Bhupinder Singh Hooda statement supporting abrogation of provisions of Article 370 which was at variance with the party’s stand, Azad said, “A law has been made. The matter is not in the hands of politicians any more. The Supreme Court will decide. While the Congress had taken a strong position against the abrogation, Azad said the media should not analyse his petition pending before the top court. I have filed the petition in my personal capacity, not on behalf of the Congress. It has nothing do with politics and is based purely on humanitarian grounds.