CM Omar Abdullah calls out newspapers for “burying fact” on issue of “entire govt locked up”

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed anguish over the missing media coverage in local newspapers on the issue of “the entire elected government being locked up”.

Abdullah accused some newspapers of burying the news story about several elected representatives BEING confined to their homes on the Kashmir Martyrs’ Day, as alleged by Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) chief spokesperson and Zadibal MLA Tanvir Sadiq as well.

“Take a look at our local newspapers both from Jammu and from Srinagar, English & vernacular. You’ll be able to distinguish the cowards from the ones with guts. The cowards have completely buried the fact that the entire elected government was locked up yesterday, along with most elected representatives. The newspapers with some guts have put it on the front page. Shame on the sellouts who buried the story, I hope the size of the envelope was worth it,” Abdullah posted on X.

Abdullah came down heavily on the “unelected nominees of New Delhi” for allegedly locking up the elected representatives of Jammu and Kashmir.

Taking to X, the Chief Minister shared pictures of police outside his residence, with armoured vehicles parked and movement restricted, as the regional parties, including the National Conference (NC), were denied permission to visit the martyrs’ graveyard in Srinagar.

“To borrow from the late Arun Jaitley Democracy in J&K is a tyranny of the unelected. To put it in terms you will all understand today the unelected nominees of New Delhi locked up the elected representatives of the people of J&K,” Abdullah wrote in a post on X.

Martyrs’ Day in Kashmir was earlier an official holiday in the state; it was delisted after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.(Agencies)