Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 11: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has hoped that the incumbent dispensation would heed demand of opposition and release all detainees, including Dr Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and others.
Welcoming the demand made by the prime opposition parties to the Center for the release of detainees, NC leaders said that it was good to hear saner voices coming forward and seek the resumption of political activities and release of all incarcerated leaders and activists.
“We too have been concurring the same sentiment that it does not serve any purpose to have biggest political personalities like Dr Farooq Abdullah, and other former legislature and former Chief Ministers away from their people; it will only fester alienation and decrease the faith of people in democracy. We hope the incumbent dispensation will heed the demand of the opposition and release all the detainees’ fore with to end nightmarish phase which the democracy in J&K is going through at present,” NC leaders said in joint press conference at party headquarters.
The press conference was addressed by NC’s provincial secretary Adv Showkat Ahmad Mir, spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar, District president Srinagar Peer Afaq Ahmad, Women’s wing provincial president Er Sabiya Qadri and JS Azad.
Showkat Ahmad Mir alleged that the present dispensation was busy crowding-out the genuine political representative voices of J&K, “On one hand we see how the present government is aflame with revenge and on the other hand we see how all the grass root level parties are being sidelined to make way for Delhi’s own party. It can safely be assumed that New Delhi wants to obliterate genuine political voices in order to give ditch to the real political aspiration of the people. The trimming of Sher e Kashmir’s name from important landmarks should not be seen in isolation. It is part of a bigger game to sideline real political voices of J&K. However such measures cannot belittle the immense contribution of Sher e Kashmir,” he said.
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