Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday questioned heavy-handed actions by central authorities on AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was allegedly stopped from becoming a member of the protest towards the arrest of celebration MLA Mehraj Malik.

Omar Abdullah said that Sanjay Singh was “locked” within the visitor home and criticised the central authorities for “at all times taking a stringent stance” in Jammu and Kashmir.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh was allegedly not allowed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police to depart the federal government visitor home in Srinagar to protest towards the arrest of fellow celebration chief Mehraj Malik, who was booked beneath the Public Security Act, 1978, for actions being prejudicial to the upkeep of public order.

Omar Abdullah mentioned that the choice to invoke PSA towards Mehraj Malik is “fallacious”, arguing that there isn’t any motive to arrest the Doda MLA.

“It’s a indisputable fact that they’ve dealt in a stringent method by arresting Mehraj Malik (AAP MLA). There was no motive to arrest him. Invoking PSA towards an MLA is fallacious,” J-Ok CM mentioned.

Omar Abdullah additionally assured Mehraj Malik’s father of extending all the assistance and suggested him to choose a lawyer from J-Ok who understands the PSA regulation.

“I met his father and warranted him of all the assistance. I might advise his celebration (AAP) to choose a lawyer from J&Ok who understands the PSA regulation effectively, and never deliver a lawyer from exterior J&Ok. I’ve spoken to some legal professionals. We’re prepared to increase all attainable assist,” Omar Abdullah mentioned.

Omar Abdullah additional urged the federal government to “right themselves” as he questioned the actions to “illegally maintain again” Sanjay Singh. He added that such actions are usually not good for the democracy within the Union Territory and ship a fallacious message.

“They’ve taken ahead this error by illegally holding again a Rajya Sabha MP at this time. Below which order was this executed? This isn’t good for democracy in J-Ok. This can ship the fallacious message to the general public. Those that are doing all this should right themselves,” Abdullah mentioned.

Earlier within the day, Nationwide Convention President Farooq Abdullah was allegedly not allowed to enter within the visitor home the place Sanjay Singh was stopped. Each leaders held a dialog by standing behind the gate of the visitor home.

Sanjay Singh shared the visuals and wrote, “It’s a very unhappy factor that Farooq Abdullah Ji, who has been the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir many occasions, got here to satisfy me on the authorities visitor home upon listening to the information of my home arrest by the police, however he was not allowed to satisfy me. If this isn’t a dictatorship, then what’s it?”

Abdullah too condemned the try to cease AAP MP Sanjay Singh from holding a protest and presser towards the detention of lone celebration MLA Mehraj Malik beneath the stringent Public Security Act (PSA). (ANI)

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