Srinagar, Aug. 25 -- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti today urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take up with union Home Minister Amit Shah the issue of releasing Kashmiri prisoners and shifting detainees lodged in jails outside the union Territory back to Jammu and Kashmir.
She said this after leading a party protest for the prisoners lodged in various jails.
PDP protesters carrying placards and raising slogans of "Bail, not Jail" attempted to march from the party headquarters in Srinagar to Lal Chowk, but were stopped by a heavy deployment of police. The workers also shouted slogans against the ruling National Conference government.
Later, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti addressed the party workers, stressing that the ...