Govt committed 'constitutional impropriety' in way it revoked Art 370 provisions: TMC

The government committed "constitutional impropriety" in the way it revoked provisions of Article 370, the Trinamool Congress said on Tuesday, indicating the party was against the process in which the government sought to remove Jammu and Kashmir's special status.

While the Kashmir Valley has been under a virtual lockdown since Monday with a communications blackout with few phones and internet connections, political leaders like Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have allegedly been kept under house arrest.

"Democratic institutions must work democratically. Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti must be released. We are (always) with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

"Please release Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti... Let the democratic institutions of Jammu and Kashmir function. We are with the people of Jammu and Kashmir... We are concerned about both the leaders," TMC national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told reporters.

Clearing his party's stand on the move to revoke Jammu and Kashmir's special status, O'Brien said, "The way it was brought in Parliament, it was constitutional impropriety. We have a problem with the process which they used."