Jammu and Kashmir Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma on Monday criticised Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for scaling the boundary wall of the Mazar-e-Shuhada and allegedly "scuffling" with police personnel in Srinagar.
On Sunday, Jammu and Kashmir Police sealed the Martyrs' cemetery in Srinagar and confined top political leaders, including Abdullah, inside their residences. barring them from visiting the Martyrs' Graveyard (Mazar-e-Shuhada), to mark the anniversary of the protesters shot dead by Maharaj
"What is wrong in visiting the graveyard of martyrs? This is not only unfortunate, it also snatches the democratic right of a citizen. What happened this morning to an elected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is unacceptable. Shocking. Shameful," she wrote in a post on X.
"We are nobody's slaves," Abdullah asserted, adding that he must be informed under which law he was stopped from visiting the Mazar-e-Shuhada in Srinagar's Naqshband Sahib. The Jammu and Kashmir CM said that despite attempts to stop him, he was able to recite prayers.
"Take a look at our local newspapers - both from Jammu and from Srinagar, English & vernacular. You'll be able to distinguish the cowards from the ones with guts. The cowards have completely buried the fact that the entire elected government was locked up yesterday, along with most el
The Chief Minister on X shared pictures of police being present outside his residence, with armoured vehicles parked and movement restricted, as the regional parties, including the National Conference (NC), were denied permission to visit the martyrs' graveyard in Srinagar.
In an open letter released on Saturday, PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, former governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Yasmin Rashid, and Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed stated that two provinces of Pakistan - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan - were facing the worst kind of ter
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday alleged that several homes were "locked" from the outside, central forces were deployed as "jailers," and bridges in Srinagar were blocked to "stop" people from visiting a "historically important" graveyard.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that the responsibility to strengthen the INDIA alliance lies with its largest partner, not with individual regional leaders. He also reiterated his demand for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, calling the revoc
Omar Abdullah said, "The matter was in the Supreme Court. The court has given its decision. Now, we have to wait for the consequences. Those who went to the court should look for other ways to get justice from the court in this matter."
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met in Howrah and expressed a shared commitment to strengthening ties between the two states. From collaboration in tourism and industry to cultural exchanges, the leaders underscored mutual solidar