Senior Peoples Democratic Party leader Adv Mahroof Khan demands release of all the political and prisoners ahead of Eid Ul Fitr.

Mendhar May 18 :- Revoke PSA, on especially Former CM Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti it will lift curbs for a positive change on the ground.

Mendhar:May 18: Jammu and Kashmir senior PDP leader Adv Mohd Mahroof Khan on Monday demanded release of all political activists, lawyers and tradesmen who have been kept under preventive detention on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In a statement issued her appealed Khan demanded the Lieutenant Governor G.C Murmu to release all political leaders especially Former CM JK Mehbooba Mufti sahiba and activists as a good will gesture so as to enable them to celebrate the holy festival with their families.

Khan expressed deep concern over the reports about deteriorating health condition of some political prisoners who also need to be released immediately on humanitarian grounds. “Similarly, there are scores of political activists who are lodged outside J&K jails, since August 5, 2019 who need to be shifted back and subsequently released before the Eid festival,”

The PDP leader added.
and observed that the families of the detainees who have been kept under preventive custody are suffering immensely and their release can bring a huge relief to them. “Eid would be a great occasion to start this confidence building process. This process needs to be taken forward,” he observed.

The PDP leader also urged the government of India to take a purpose oriented call on these unwarranted detentions and free all political detainees including those who are detained under PSA especially Madam Mehbooba Muft.

“The present situation demands that all political leaders and activists who continue to be under detention on mere suspicion or have been slapped with PSA on flimsy grounds should be freed in order to make the situation more conducive,” Khan observed.

The PDP leader demanded that the government should lift all forms of curbs on the political leaders and activists who are in different jails inside and outside J&K or have been restricted to their residences especially Madam Mehbooba Mufti Such decisions will surely pave way for a positive change on the ground.