Party holds first public meeting after abrogation of Article 370
Sajidah Yousuf
Srinagar, August 22: A day after NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah called a meeting with four senior party leaders, party resumed political activities and held a first public meeting after the abrogation of article 370.
As per Kashmir Despatch National conference leaders on Saturday held its first meeting with workers over a gap of year.
A party tweet also reads, For the first time in over a year party General secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar addressed Srinagar district party functionaries at Nawa e Subah on Saturday.
In the meeting Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, Nasir Aslam Wani, Shammi Oberoi, Syed Akhoon, Showkat Mir, Peer Afaq, Salman Ali Sagar, Sabiya Qadri were also present.
Pertinently, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that released political leaders ‘freedom’ should be permanent now.
Dr. Farooq on Thursday called for senior party leaders to meet, as the administration of the UT had informed the J&K High court that all the political party leaders were allowed to freely move around without any restrictions.
Farooq Abdullah as per Kashmir Despatch has said that administration finally listened to them and their four senior party leaders were allowed to come out of their homes after one year of illegal detention.
Abdullah said that as there should be a political process in Kashmir, the administration should release all party leaders so that they can also walk and move freely.
Abdullah said that he is thankful that they could started the process and party leaders are out after twelve months and he will be meeting with other leaders who are still locked up so that they can talk about the future of J&K.
He further said, “We are trying our best to bring peace And prosperity into the erstwhile state of J&K. We are trying to pull out people from the problems that we are trapped in and also we strive to maintain the unity and brotherhood of the state and today’s party meet was our first step towards our goal.”
