Home Ministry issues first statement on Farooq Abdullah's release: 'No intent to detain'

Reacting on release of Farooq Abdullah from detention, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Saturday said y have intention to keep leers in detention and soon or political detainees will also be released in Jammu and Kashmir. Reddy stated that people of Jammu and Kashmir have a right to basic infrastructure and development.

Speaking to media, Reddy said, "We have intention to keep anyone in jail but in Jammu and Kashmir, some people h to be kept inside to continue smooth running of state. All people will be released soon. To give equal rights and development to people of Jammu and Kashmir, central government ericated Article 370. w state is leing into a peaceful path," he ded.

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Farooq Abdullah's release

On March 13, Jammu and Kashmir government revoked detention order of National Conference chief and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah. He n came to his terrace at his Gupkar Ro residence in Srinagar, and spoke to media, stating that he is free w. former Chief Minister of J&K thanked people of state and country for standing by his side and wished that people of his state will be free soon but refused to comment on political affairs till all J&K leers including his son Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is released.

Rohit Kansal, principal secretary of Planning, Development and Monitoring Department of Jammu Kashmir, posted a letter on Twitter on Friday, stating government order. order said that government has decided to revoke PSA imposed on senior Abdullah with immediate effect. Abdullah and or J&K leers were placed under preventive detention on August 5 last year ahe of abrogation of special status of erstwhile state - which was extended for three more months on December 16.

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PSA against Mehbooba Mufti & Omar Abdullah

Earlier on February 6, J&K ministration slapped stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) against Mehbooba Mufti and former CM Omar Abdullah, reportedly a day before ir detention was supposed to end. Apart from above-mentioned leers, Shah Faesel, Naeem Akhtar, Ali Mohamm Sagar, and Sarah Mni have been detained under Public Safety Act by Jammu-Kashmir ministration since August 5. Meanwhile, ex-PDP minister Altaf Bukhari along with 40 or leers has launched Kashmir's new political front 'Jammu Kashmir Apni party', accepting 'undeniable reality' of scrapping Article 370 by Centre.rs to region.

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