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Last updated: July 13, 2023, 6:27 PM IST
The National Congress said Abdullah was going to address party workers to commemorate the martyrs of 1931. (PTI/File)
In order to pay homage to the 22 Kashmiris killed by the forces of the Dogra ruler on this day in 1931, Abdullah, the current Vice President of the National Congress (NC), was to address a ceremony at the party headquarters, Nawa-i-Sabah.
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Umar Abdullah Thursday set off from his home on foot to reach the party office after police reportedly stopped him from covering escort vehicles and ITBP personnel.
Abdullah, the deputy chairman of the National Congress, was scheduled to address a ceremony at the party’s headquarters, Nawa Sabah, to commemorate the 22 Kashmiris killed by the army of the Dogra ruler on this day. in 1931. Allegedly, the Jammu and Kashmir Police prevented him from security guard cars and ITBP cover to visit the party headquarters.
There was no immediate response from the police. Unfazed by the denials, Abdullah sprinted to the office near Zero Bridge on foot from his home in the city’s Gopkar district here, while a handful of members of his private security group — the KK police wing in charge of guarding VIPs — were spotted here. walks with him.
The former JK chief minister took to Twitter and posted a video of his walk to the office. “Dear @JmuKmrPolice don’t think refusing to give me escort vehicles and ITBP cover will stop me. Abdullah said.
After arriving at his post, where some of his party leaders and activists were waiting for him, the vice president of the National Congress said that “the police will now send everything” for his security.
“Now that I’m in the office and I’m going to continue with my programme, you’ll send it all in. The fact is @JmuKmrPolice has stopped a lot of my senior colleagues from coming into the @JKNC_ office today by adopting the same tactics to stop them in their homes. Those arrested include Abdul Rahim Rather SP and @Ali Mesagar SB, Ali Muhammad Dar SB and others.
The National Congress said Abdullah was going to address party workers to commemorate the martyrs of 1931.
Despite the restrictions imposed on JKNCO MarAbdullah’s vice president, which denied him cover for security vehicles and ITBP, he chose to walk from his home to the Nawai Subh office. His aim was to address the party workers who had gathered there to pay their heartfelt tributes to the martyrs of 1931,” the party said in a tweet.
July 13 was a public holiday in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and every year a grand state ceremony was held on this day where the Chief Minister or the Governor would be the chief guest.
However, the Governor’s administration dropped the day from the list of holidays announced in the Official Gazette in 2020, following the abolition of Article 370 and the division of the former country into union territories by the Center on August 5, 2019.
Apart from the official function at the Martyrs’ Cemetery, ordinary political leaders also used to visit it to pay homage to the 22 fallen Kashmiris shot dead by the Dogra Army while protesting against the tyrannical rule of Maharaja Hari Singh.
For the past few years, political parties have claimed her movement was restricted on the day and she was not allowed to visit the cemetery in the city.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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