Opposition, press faced draconian, brute force in J&K: Rahul

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said Opposition leaders and the press had got a taste of the current “draconian administration” in Jammu and Kashmir. In a tweet, the former Congress President said: “It has been 20 days since the people of Jammu and Kashmir had their freedom and civil liberties curtailed.”

A delegation of Opposition leaders, including Gandhi, had earlier expressed its intent to visit the Valley to gain first-hand experience of the situation following the abrogation of Article 370. The leaders, however, were not allowed by state administration officials to leave the Srinagar airport when they arrived there on August 24.

Gandhi insisted with the officials that he had come at the invitation of the Governor, and even suggested the group could split up and the members could visit the Valley individually. The officials, however, did not budge, leaving the leaders no other option but to return to the national capital.