National Conference Delegation Meets Farooq, Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, Two Months After Their Detention

Srinagar, October 6: A 15-member delegation of National Conference (NC) leaders on Sunday, October 6, met party president Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar in Srinagar, a day after Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik allowed the meeting. The 15-member delegation was led by provincial president Devender Singh Rana. This was the first time that party leaders were allowed to meet the Abdullahs after they were put in detention two months ago. Article 370 Abrogation: Narendra Modi Govt to Release Kashmiri Leaders 'One By One', Says Advisor to J&K Governor.

Farooq and Omar Abdullah, both are former Jammu and Kashmir chief Ministers, were place under detention before the centre axed Article 370 of the Constitution on August 5. 81-year-old Farooq Abdullah is under house arrest at his Srinagar residence while his son Oman is detained at the Hari Niwas state guest house nearby.

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After the meeting, senior NC leaders Hasnain Masoodi and Akbar Lone said that the meeting was just to ask about their well-being and no politics was discussed. The two leaders, however, said that NC would not take part in the J&K Block Development Council (BDC) Polls because the "entire leadership is in jail".

After announcing the BDC Polls, the government has relaxed the restrictions in the valley. The J&K administration said that the political leaders and activists under detention would be released in a phased manner.

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