Two months after the political leaders were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir, occupied by India, the state administration granted permission to a delegation of the National Conference party to meet with their two main leaders on Sunday, according to a party official.
The meeting with party president Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah took place in Srinagar, the state capital. Both were arrested after the scrapping Indian government occupied the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5.
According to Hindustan Times, the delegation flew early Sunday morning for the meeting. It was led by provincial chief Devender Singh Rana and included former party legislators.
The National Conference spokesman, Madan Mantoo, had said Press Trust of India (PTI) A day earlier, the Indian government granted permission after provincial chief Devender Singh Rana made a request to Satya Pal Malik, the busy governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
"If the political process has to begin, then the mainstream leaders must be released," Rana said after meeting with the leaders today, adding, "both are well and in a good mood, of course they are hurt by the developments in the state, particularly on the blockade. "
Farooq Abdullah is under house arrest at his residence in Srinagar, while his son Omar is being held in a state guest house.
the Hindustan Times In addition, NC spokesman Madan Mantoo said Saturday that the decision to hold the meeting was taken during an emergency meeting of senior officials in the Jammu region on Wednesday, "shortly after restrictions on the movement of the leaders of the National Conference based in Jammu. " .
Mantoo also said that the party "was distressed by the continued detention of senior leaders as well as the other leaders of the main political parties."
Hundreds of people, including political leaders from Kashmir, have been arrested after the dismantling of the special state of the state.
In addition to Farooq and Abdullah, the former prime minister and head of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, is another prominent leader arrested by the busy administration of Jammu and Kashmir.
The occupied territory has been under an almost complete blockade since the revocation of the Indian government of its special status.
Since then, the Indian government has blocked access to communications and imposed restrictions on the movement to thwart any protest in the region.
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Human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have repeatedly asked India to lift the restrictions and release political detainees.
India said that 93 percent of the restrictions have been eased in the region plagued by conflicts, a statement that Anadolu Agency Could not verify independently.
A region in dispute
From 1954 until this August 5, the occupied Jammu and Kashmir had special provisions under which they enacted their own laws. The provisions also prohibited strangers from establishing or owning land in the territory.
Some Kashmir groups in the occupied territory have been fighting the Indian government for independence or for unification with neighboring Pakistan.
According to several human rights groups, thousands of people have died in the conflict in the region since 1989.
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