Detained J&K Political Leaders To Be Released By Local Administration At Appropriate Time: Shah

Speaking about Article 370 abrogation Shah said, that the situation in Kashmir valley is completely normal and not one bullet has been fired since then.

**EDS: TV GRAB** New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

New Delhi: Union Home Minister  Amit Shah said on Tuesday, that the political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir will be released by the local administration at appropriate time. Speaking in Lok Sabha, Shah said that at appropriate time there will be no central interference in the union territory. Speaking about Article 370 abrogation Shah said, that the situation in Kashmir valley is completely normal and not one bullet has been fired since then. “I can't make Congress's condition normal, because they had predicted bloodshed after abrogation of article 370. Nothing of that sort happened, not one bullet was fired,” he said jeering at Congress. Replying to Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, who questioned the government over the situation in the valley, Shah said: “99.5% students sat for exams there,but for Adhir Ranjan ji this is not normalcy. 7 lakh ppl availed OPD services in Srinagar; and curfew, section 144 removed from everywhere. But for Adhir ji only parameter for normalcy is political activity. What about local body polls which were held?” About the detained political leaders, he said, “We don't want to keep them even a day extra in jail, when administration thinks it’s right time, political leaders will be released." "Farooq Abdullah's father was kept in jail for 11 years by Congress, we don’t want to follow them, as soon as administration decides, they will be released," he added.