Kashmir Leaders Liken Delhi Clampdown to Post-Article 370 Restrictions
· India · Indian Express
Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti compared the security clampdown in Delhi to the 2019 restrictions in the Valley. Political leaders and protesters, including Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan, Neha Bora, Yogendra Yadav, and Prashant Bhushan, were detained in the national capital ahead of a planned protest at Jantar Nagari. Central Delhi was placed under a 24-hour mobile internet blockade starting Friday night, with trains halted and roads sealed. Omar Abdullah stated that the Kashmir model of governance and security had been exported to New Delhi. Mehbooba Mufti criticized the administration for enforcing silence and denying that protests took place.
Why it matters
The crackdown highlights escalating political tensions between opposition leaders and central authorities over public assembly rights and election integrity in the national capital.
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