Srinagar, July 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today launched a scathing attack on the Lieutenant Governor-led administration for once again attempting to stop National Conference leaders from visiting Naqashband Sahib in Srinagar's old city to pay tribute to the martyrs of July 13, 1931.

A day after widespread restrictions and house detentions, Omar, accompanied by his father and NC president Farooq Abdullah, the Deputy Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, and senior party leaders, visited the Martyrs' Graveyard and offered Fatiha and floral tributes.

"It is very sad that the people who would themselves claim that their responsibility is only security and law and order, as per their clear instruction, we were not allow...