New Delhi: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Member of Parliament Nazeer Ahmed Laway on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded that party chief and former Cheif Minister Mehboba Mufti should also be released along with National Conference Vice President and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
After the meeting Laway told reporters “There are two Chief Ministers and many youths who are under detention and I have demanded that all of them should be released.”
He said that the Prime Minister has assured him of more affirmative action and the detainees will be released soon.
The PDP MP has also said that he hopes “the political process in Jammu
and Kashmir starts soon”. Laway hailed the Prime Minister for taking
the initiative on the issue of COVID-19 and said that the Prime
Minister has done good work.
On the question of Pakistan raising Kashmir issue during the video
conferencing with Prime Minister Modi over coronavirus, Laway said,
“We should not take Pakistan seriously.”
Former Chief Minister and Lok Sabha member, Farooq Abdullah was
released on Friday last week after authorities an announced that his
detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) had been revoked.
Abdullah on Friday promised to be in the Parliament in the next two
weeks as he said he is recovering from an eye surgery.
