Authorities standing guard near the residence of Mehbooba Mufti on April 7. File.|Image Credit:
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They were either put under house arrest or imprisoned in 2015.
Nearly a year after the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was withdrawed on August 5 last year, over 2 dozen mainstream leaders of the regional parties, consisting of the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP), stay under house arrest in the Kashmir valley. The Centre’s Kashmir policy and a heavy price to pay
” Around 16 leaders of the party continue to be under house arrest for the past 363 days,” NC representative Imran Nabi Dar told The Hindu
NC president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah had filed 2 different petitions in the court on July 13 to get these leaders released “to start political deliberations”.
