Former chief minister of J&K and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah along with his wife addressing media after h…Read More
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: In the first release of a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, who has been kept in detention since the nullification of Article 370, National Conference patriarch and Srinagar MP Farooq Abdullah on Friday stepped out of his Gupkar Road home after seven months.
Abdullah, 82, was booked under the Public Safety Act, on grounds that he had made speeches that could inflame public sentiment. His release, official sources said, could set the stage for his son Omar Abdullah and PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti, both former CMs, also being freed — perhaps signalling a political thaw.
He parried questions from reporters on his future plans, saying he would “prefer silence till others detained under PSA are released”. With wife Molly by his side, he said, “I am free… Hope other political leaders will be released soon. I thank all parliamenta