Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that she was put under house arrest on Saturday, along with other leaders of her Peoples Democratic Party, while the Srinagar office of the National Conference was sealed, according to a party spokesperson. J&K’s regional parties accused the Lieutenant Governor’s administration of imposing such restrictions on the fourth anniversary of the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 and end J&K autonomy.
Ms. Mufti posted about the “crackdown” against her party on the social media platform X (previously known as Twitter). “I’ve been put under house arrest along with other senior PDP leaders today. This comes after a midnight crackdown where scores of my party men are illegally detained in police stations. GOIs [Government of India’s] false claims about normalcy to the SC [Supreme Court] stands exposed by their actions driven by paranoia,” Ms. Mufti said.
