Srinagar, March 29 -- Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha Fayaz Ahmad Mir on Sunday appealed Home minister Amit Shah to release all political prisoners who are under detention in many jails across the country.

He said that the authorities should release all the political leaders in wake of rising coronavirus cases across the Kashmir's and has demanded immediate release of political leaders including PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, JKPC Chairman Sajad Gani Lone, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Shah Faisal, Peer Mansoor and Er Rasheed.

He has also expressed commiseration with the scores of families whose loved ones are languishing in various detention centers inside and outside J&K. He said, "The families of the detainees languishing in various detention ...