J&K Police Lift House Arrest of 3 Ex-Chief Ministers Over Assembly Seats Row
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PAGD Protest: The police deployed security trucks outside the homes of Farooq and Omar Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti and no one was allowed to enter or exit
J&K Police on Saturday evening ended the day-long house arrest of three former Chief Ministers - the National Conference's Farooq and Omar Abdullah, and the PDP's Mehbooba Mufti - meant to stop them from leading a protest against the delimitation commission. Good morning & welcome to 2022. A new year with the same J&K police illegally locking people in their homes & an administration so terrified of normal democratic activity. Trucks parked outside our gates to scuttle the peaceful @JKPAGD sit-in protest. Some things never change. pic.twitter.com/OeSNwAOVkp
The high-security Gupkar Road area in Srinagar - which is where all three live - was sealed for the day with trucks parked outside their houses to stop them, or anyone else from leaving or entering.
Headed by Farooq Abdullah, the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) had planned a protest against the draft delimitation proposal, which allots six seats for Jammu and just one for the Kashmir Valley, which runs contrary to the population ratio of both provinces of the former state.
Political parties in J&K have allege gerrymandering to favour the BJP in Jammu, and have denounced the commission for an attempt to turn J&K's demographic majority into a political minority.