Srinagar, Dec. 29 -- National Conference leader and MLA Tanvir Sadiq on Monday defended party president Farooq Abdullah's remarks on certain leaders allegedly trying to create chaos in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the comments were clearly directed at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and her daughter, Iltija Mufti.
A political controversy erupted in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday after the police foiled a proposed protest against the existing reservation policy by placing several leaders, including Srinagar MP and NC leader Aga Ruhullah Mehdi and Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti, under house arrest and sealing the park where the sit-in was scheduled to be held.
Defending the detentions, NC president Farooq Abdullah accused the leaders behin...