Srinagar, Nov. 5 -- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today criticized Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for allegedly neglecting the plight of detainees of Jammu and Kashmir.

Mehbooba said that she had hoped the formation of an elected government in the union Territory would lead to the issue being taken up with the Centre and legal aid being provided to those languishing in jails.

Speaking to the media, Mehbooba said that she had appealed to Omar Abdullah to constitute an all-party delegation to visit prisons where people from Jammu and Kashmir are lodged.

"I have never heard Omar sahib speak about the people languishing in jails, or raise their issue when he met the Prime Minister or the Home Minister," she said, accu...