Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): A day after former J&K chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was released from detention, once arch-rivals and now political friends- National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah visited her Srinagar residence and invited her for an All Parties Meeting (APM) tomorrow.
Farooq called for the key Kashmir meeting, soon after meeting Mehbooba, to deliberate on the Gupkar declaration that calls for restoration of Article 370 and a position that existed before August 5, 2019 in the erstwhile state of J&K.
Mehbooba was released from the Public Safety Act (PSA) detention after 14 months yesterday. She was detained on August 4, 2019, a day before the Centre abolished Article 370 that gave a special status to the erstwhile state of J&K.
Politicians started visiting her Gupkar residence in Srinagar since morning. Farooq, along with his son Omar also visited Mehbooba later in the day.
Talking to reporters outside Mehbooba’s residence, Omar said that he along with his father had come to see Mehbooba as she was released after 14-months. “We asked for her health and overall condition. Thank god, she is in a good health. My father also met her and invited her for the All Party Meeting over Gupkar declaration tomorrow at 4 PM at our residence,” the former J&K chief minister said.
He said that in the APM, all parties which are signatories to the Gupkar declaration, will be invited so that a forward movement is made on the declaration.
Parties including National Conference, PDP, Congress, Peoples Conference led by Sajad Gani Lone, Awami National Conference (ANC) and CPI (M) led by M Y Tarigami are signatories to the declaration. The Gupkar declaration calls for restoration of Article 370 and re-unification of erstwhile J&K State, now a Union Territory.
-ARK
