EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE J&K detainees slam police action Preparing ground Muslim law board Political leaders objected to an attempt to strip­search PC chief Sajjad Lone for J&K poll: Murmu to file review petition Peerzada Ashiq put regional leadership on EC will take final call on dates, says L­G Srinagar par with criminals — it reeks He also said that rejecting tion. At least 32 high profile politi­ of political vendetta. The Vijaita Singh the land would not amount He argued the move was cal detainees staged a prot­ place is simply unhygienic New Delhi to contempt as the direc­ pointless and wanted to est on Sunday against the and lacks basic facilities. My The Lieutenant Governor of tions of the apex court were avoid anything that could vi­ police’s alleged bid to “strip ailing father’s health will on­ Jammu & Kashmir ( J&K) has to the Central government tiate the atmosphere in the and humiliate” Peoples Con­ ly deteriorate in case such said the administration was and not to the Muslim country. ference chief Sajjad Lone pathetic services are offered pro­actively preparing the community. “Now that the court has while the leaders were being to him,” PDP leader and ground to hold elections in Mr. Jilani said three of the decided, we will follow the shifted to a new detention former Minister Naeem Ak­ the newly carved out Union six Muslim plaintiffs in the court verdict. Now I don’t centre in Srinagar. htar’s daughter Sheryaar Territory but added that he case, Mohammad Umar, need to pursue it further,” The incident took place Khanam told The Hindu. would not be able to give a Maulana Mehfuz ur Rehman Mr. Ansari said. He, howev­ around 2 p.m. when the Ms. Khanam has decided timeline. and Misbah ud Din, had al­ er, added that other litigants authorities began shifting to approach Srinagar Deputy Former IAS officer G.C. G.C. Murmu, Lieutenant ready given their consent were free to file a review pe­ the detainees in batches Commissioner Shahid Murmu, who took over as Governor of Jammu & for the review petition, tition if they wished. from the Centaur Hotel to On the move: Political detainees being shifted to the MLA Chaudhary. “I will seek a L­G last month, told The Kashmir. which would be be filed Asked about Mr. Ansari’s the MLA Hostel in Srinagar. Hostel from the Centaur Hotel in Srinagar on Sunday. * PTI written undertaking from Hindu that unlike the UT of within 30 days of the stance, Mr. Jilani alleged Sources said the first Mr. Chaudhary that my fath­ Ladakh, J&K is a UT with a vestor Summit, postponed verdict. that the former could have batch of leaders, crammed Mr. Para and Mr. Faesal. This ties have used plywood er is in safe condition and legislature and there will indefinitely in October, had Iqbal Ansari, one of the li­ been pressured by the Ayod­ into a small vehicle, com­ was followed by a scuffle, sheets to close the verandas the place is medically feasi­ have to be an elected go­ begun and it would be held tigants, stayed away from hya administration to not is­ prised Peoples Democratic sources added. and the windows, turning ble. The minimum govern­ vernment in place soon. soon. the meeting and said he did sue statements against the Party youth president Wa­ The police allegedly used the rooms in the multi­storey ment could do is to provide a “We are preparing the A senior government offi­ not seek any review peti­ verdict. heed Para, J&K’s Peoples force to separate the politi­ building into dark and cold clean and warm place in this ground situation. The final cial said that President’s Movement chief and IAS top­ cians, who have served as cells. chilly weather,” she said. call on dates will be taken by rule cannot be prolonged per Shah Faesal and Peoples lawmakers and Ministers in Sources said the detainees the Election Commission. further. “An L­G cannot run Allow Farooq to attend Conference chief Lone, an the previous regime. As oth­ Police deny incident have been asked to organise Some normalcy is also re­ the administration alone. ally of the BJP in J&K bet­ er detainees reached the de­ However, when contacted by their own toiletries and were quired and we have to en­ Preparations will have to ween 2015 and 2018. tention centre, they joined The Hindu, the police de­ provided with small electric sure many things before done to hold the elections House: Opposition Sources said Mr. Lone was the protest against the “man­ nied any such incident. “No blankets and room heaters. elections are held,” Mr. Mur­ whenever time is condu­ frisked as the vehicle handling” of Mr. Lone. such incident took place,” “This is an attempt to make mu said. cive. There are issues like re­ As the party’s senior most was ready to discuss every reached the gates of the MLA The detainees also regis­ said a police officer on the an example of the local lead­ President’s rule in J&K vising the electoral rolls. leader, Mr. Abdullah should issue and exhorted eve­ Hostel. The situation turned tered their protest against condition of anonymity. ers. If they are not spared, has been extended thrice in President’s rule has been ex­ have been present. “I told ryone to make the winter ugly when he was asked to “poor facilities” at the MLA “The place is not liveable nobody will be in Kashmir. the past one year, with the tended at least thrice, it can­ the government that it is session as productive as the remove his clothes, eliciting Hostel. even for hardcore criminals. They are being made scape­ most recent extension com­ not go on for long,” the offi­ their constitutional obliga­ last one. “Inside the meet­ an angry response from both Sources said the authori­ The authorities are trying to goats,” said Ms. Khanam. ing on October 31. cial said. tion to ensure that Dr. Ab­ ing the government and the A senior EC official added dullah attends Parliament. PM say that the government Delimitation exercise that this would be the first The Srinagar electorate is ready to debate whatever When asked if delimitation Assembly of the UT of J&K . should not go unrepresent­ issues the Opposition wants Rail services resume in Kashmir Valley of constituencies would be Since it would be starting ed,” Mr. Masoodi told The to raise. We get this assu­ carried out before the elec­ afresh, it was likely that that Hindu. rance in every meeting tions are announced, Mr. the delimitation process The government has de­ ahead of every session. But Train goes from Srinagar to Banihal Murmu said, “That is a call would be conducted before tained Dr. Abdullah under in the House, whether the that has to be taken by the the elections, the official the Public Safety Act (PSA). Rajya Sabha and the Lok Press Trust of India one run scheduled for Sun­ EC.” said. Mr. Masoodi said that since Sabha, when we raise the is­ Srinagar day, while the train would On November 1, Chief However, citing the ex­ the MP was detained under sues, whether it’s state of Rail services in the Kashmir make two runs on a daily ba­ Election Commissioner Su­ ample of the previous de­ the PSA, the government our economy or rising un­ Valley resumed fully on Sun­ sis from Monday. nil Arora told reporters that limitation exercise in the did not need court orders to employment or agrarian cri­ day — more than three The Railways conducted a the Home Ministry or the country that started in 2001 revoke the detention. sis or inflation or Kashmir, months after being suspend­ trial run on Sunday morning Law Ministry would have to and ended in 2008, the offi­ Speaking to reporters at the government stalls the ed due to security reasons — before the actual service first appoint the Delimita­ cial said elections can take the end of the meeting Par­ debate,” Mr. Azad said . Mr as the train chugged from started, he added. tion Commission. Mr. Arora place even while the exer­ liamentary Affairs Minister Azad had raised the issue Srinagar to Banihal through Rail service in the Valley said the Law Ministry had cise is on. The official also Pralhad Joshi remained non­ during a meeting chaired by the restive south Kashmir, of­ had partially resumed on sought legal advice from the raised concern about the committal on Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Chairman Ven­ ficials said. Tuesday as the train ran bet­ EC and the Commission had harsh winter season that has member’s release. “We have kaiah Naidu too. A railway official said that ween Baramulla and Srina­ hired two former officials — set in and is expected to got a suggestion in this re­ The Trinamool Congress, “rail service in the Valley ful­ gar. The authorities have di­ Shangara Ram and R.K. Sri­ continue till April next year gard. We will see what can represented by Mr. Bandho­ ly resumed this morning as rected the Railways to ply vastava — to assist in the that could delay the election be done within framework padhyay and Rajya Sabha the train chugged from Bara­ the trains between 10 a.m. process. process further. of the law,” Mr Joshi said. member Derek O’ Brien also In demand: Passengers boarding a train for Banihal from mulla towards Banihal”.