NC decries detention of Abdullah’s sister, daughter

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU Oct 15: National Conference today strongly condemned detention of sister and daughter of the party president Dr Farooq Abdullah, describing the move as unprecedented and against people’s right to peaceful protest.
“Being kin of the former Chief Ministers should not entail political victimisation, leading to curtailment of liberty and freedom of movement and speech”, senior National Conference leaders said in a joint statement here this afternoon.
The National Conference leaders regretted continued detention of political leaders and common citizens, saying the situation has now touched such lowest depths that even the liberty of the relatives of those in public life is under severe threat. The detention of Suraya Mattoo and Ms Safiya Abdullah Khan, respectively, sister and daughter of Dr Farooq Abdullah and the aunt and sister of Omar Abdullah, reflect sad state of affairs the State is in for the past nearly seventy days.
The statement sought immediate revocation of detention of political leaders and common citizens including Ms Suraya and Ms Safiya, saying that the curbs are against the democratic spirit and civil liberty.
“Such harsh measures will further alienate the people and delay restoration of normalcy in the Kashmir Valley, which is reeling under fear psychosis and sense of insecurity among the people”, the statement added.
Besides, Provincial president Devender Singh Rana, joint signatories to the statement included, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, SS Salathia, Rattan Lal Gupta, Mushtaq Bukhari, Abdul Gani Malik, Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo, Th Kashmira Singh, Th Rachpal Singh, Sheikh Abdul Rehman, Ajaz Jan, Dr KamalArora, Jagjeevan Lal, Qazi Jalal -Ud- Din, Rampaul, Vijay Bakaya, Bushan Lal Bhat, Dr Chaman Lal, Mohd Aslam Khan, Brij Mohan Sharma, Haji Mohd Hussain, Khalid Najeeb Suharwardhy, Bimla Luthra, Master Noor Hussain, Tarlochan Singh Wazir, Deepender Kour, BR Kundal, S. Gurdeep Singh Sasan, Satwant Kour Dogra, Vijay Laxmi Dutta, Sajjad Shaheen, Gagan Bhagat, Swran Lata Vipan Pal Sharma, Bashir Ahmed Wani, Jugal Mahajan, Ch Haroon, S S Bunty, Pardeep Bali, Abdul Gani Teli, Vijay Lochan, Col Rashid Ahmed, DS Jamwal, Tanveer Kichloo and others.

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