The Statesman, New Delhi :
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other opposition leaders, who had flown to Jammu and Kashmir, were sent back to Delhi from the Srinagar airport.
The delegation of opposition leaders had arrived at the Srinagar airport earlier in the day even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration had asked them to stay away. The leaders had travelled to Kashmir to meet the people and party leaders in the region where restrictions have been imposed since the abrogation of Article 370.
The delegation comprised of Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, D Raja, Sharad Yadav, Manoj Jha and Majeed Memon among others. The Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party were not part of the delegation.
This was Gandhi’s first visit to Srinagar since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir administration had requested them against visiting the state, saying attempts should not be made to disturb the gradual restoration of normal life. “At a time when
the government is trying to protect the people of Jammu & Kashmir from the threat of cross border terrorism and attacks by militants and separatists and gradually trying to restore public order by controlling miscreants and mischief mongers, attempts should not be made by senior political leaders to disturb the gradual restoration of normal life,” the Information and Public Relations Department of the Jammu and Kashmir government said in a series of tweets.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other opposition leaders, who had flown to Jammu and Kashmir, were sent back to Delhi from the Srinagar airport.
The delegation of opposition leaders had arrived at the Srinagar airport earlier in the day even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration had asked them to stay away. The leaders had travelled to Kashmir to meet the people and party leaders in the region where restrictions have been imposed since the abrogation of Article 370.
The delegation comprised of Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, D Raja, Sharad Yadav, Manoj Jha and Majeed Memon among others. The Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party were not part of the delegation.
This was Gandhi’s first visit to Srinagar since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir administration had requested them against visiting the state, saying attempts should not be made to disturb the gradual restoration of normal life. “At a time when
the government is trying to protect the people of Jammu & Kashmir from the threat of cross border terrorism and attacks by militants and separatists and gradually trying to restore public order by controlling miscreants and mischief mongers, attempts should not be made by senior political leaders to disturb the gradual restoration of normal life,” the Information and Public Relations Department of the Jammu and Kashmir government said in a series of tweets.
