Owing to improvement in situation in the valley, the Jammu and Kashmir administration is planning to release detained political leaders in a phased manner, J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik’s advisor, Farooq Khan said on Wednesday.
“Only one by one after analysis of every individual, they will be released,” said Khan.
The decision came a day after the administration released political leaders of Jammu, who were also under detention as part of the lockdown in the state. Before arriving at the decision, the Centre had taken extensive feedback from the state administration as well as the intelligence apparatus and security forces, including the Army.
NC LEADERS SEEK PERMISSION TO MEET ABDULLAHS
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- The leaders of National Conference on Thursday wrote a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik requesting him to allow them to visit Srinagar to meet both their party leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah
- NC leader Devender Rana, who was released from house arrest, said, “We have written to Governor Satya Pal Malik requesting to meet Farooq Abdullah, who is unfortunately detained under National Security Act.”
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Sources said, the release is conditional to the state of affairs in the valley.
Besides three former chief ministers —Dr Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti — over 400 leaders of the mainstream parties the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party and Congress are in either under house arrest in make shift detention centres since August 5 when Parliament abrogated special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
The main reason to release political leaders, observers said, is the coming elections of the Block Development Councils in the state.
Earlier this week, the J & K election commission has announced that polling for over 300 Block Development Councils will be held on October 24 and counting will take place on the same day. Around 26,000 panchayat members are eligible to vote in the BDC elections.
“The elections would be called a farce if the mainstream political parties do not participate in it,” said an observer.
Though the markets are yet to open and schools still have scanty attendance, life has been slowly returning to normal in Kashmir. While some restrictions are still in place in some pockets, traffic has been normal on the roads of Srinagar given semblance of hope that the valley is limping back to normalcy.
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