Whoever drafted grounds of detention for Abdullah, Mufti needs to be sacked: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday took a dig at dossiers prepared by J-K Police for applying stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) against Kashmiri leaders Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, saying whoever drafted those documents deserved to be sacked and sent to law school.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah's "considerable influence" over people, including ability to attract voters to polling booths despite poll boycott calls and potential for channelling energies of public for any cause, has been cited in support of his detention under PSA.

His political opponent and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti has been accused of making anti-national statements and extending support to organisations such as Jamaat-e-Islamia of state, which has been banned under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

former finance minister on Twitter said, "Whoever drafted grounds of detention of Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti deserves to be sacked — and sent to law school."

PSA dossier prepared by police against 49-year-old Abdullah, who had served as minister of state for external affairs as well as commerce and industries, states his ability to convince electorates to vote in huge numbers even during peak of militancy and poll boycott calls by separatists and militants.

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