NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said that “freedom is suppressed” all over India but it is most severely suppressed in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a tweet, Chidambaram said, “The Government and the LG of Jammu & Kashmir celebrate the ‘peace’ that has descended on the State (now UT) after the abrogation of Article 37.” “I wish to quote President (John) Kennedy who warned against the ‘peace of the grave and the silence of the slave’,” the former home minister said.
If there is so much peace in Jammu and Kashmir, why has the government put Mehbooba Mufti under house arrest and sealed the offices of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference, Chidambaram asked.
The Modi government on August 5, 2019 had revoked Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
UP police arrest youth from occupied Kashmir
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a 30-year-old man from Islamabad district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, dubbing him an over-ground worker of a mujahid organization.
Special director general (law and order) Prashant Kumar said the arrested man was identified as Firdaus Ahmad Dar.
An ATS team reached Islamabad and arrested Firdaus Ahmad Dar on August 4. Later, a transit remand was taken from the local court, and he was brought to Lucknow, said Prashant Kumar.
Special DG Kumar said Firdaus Dar was presented in court on Saturday, and subsequently, the court granted a 14-day police custody remand commencing from August 6 until August 19.
