The opposition Congress and CPI(M) on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Centre over the detention of Farooq Abdullah under the PSA, with Rahul Gandhi saying nationalist leaders like the NC chief were being removed to create a political vacuum in Jammu and Kashmir and use the Valley to polarise the rest of India.
Gandhi also demanded that the government immediately release all nationalist leaders and "stop creating a space for terrorists" in Jammu and Kashmir.
Criticising the detention of Abdullah and other leaders, CPI(M) leader from Kashmir Mohd Yousuf Tarigami said that "people across the border are clapping" that the government has done what they could not.
"We, Abdullah and others are not terrorists... what is happening in Kashmir is not in the interest of the country," he said while addressing a press conference here with CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury
Reacting to a news report on Abdullah's arrest, Chidambaram's son and Congress MP Karti Chidambaram tweeted: "Nazi Nazi Nazi."
In a statement issued from National Conference headquarters, over 58 prominent leaders including some former legislators and ministers of Jammu region, said the detention of the "veteran visionary leader speaks of the desperation of the government"
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