Farooq Abdullah barred from offering prayers at Hazratbal, claims NC

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has blocked the residence of National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah and barred him from offering prayers at Dargah Hazratbal.

Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir administration has blocked the residence of National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah and barred him from offering prayers at Dargah Hazratbal.

The party took to Twitter to condemn the J-K administration's move and wrote, "J&K administration has blocked the residence of Party President Dr Farooq Abdullah and stopped him from offering prayers at Dargah Hazratbal. JKNC condemns this infringement of fundamental right to pray, especially on the auspicious occasion of Milad Un Nabi SAW."

Recently, Abdullah had made several controversies on his repeated remarks about the revocation of Article 370 and 35A in the valley which was abrogated by the center in August 2019.

Earlier, Abdullah had also announced the formation of an alliance namely "Gupkar Declaration" with Mehbooba Mufti of People's Democratic Party, Sajjad Lone, and other regional groups and said that the battle is constitutional and demanded the government of India to return all rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh held before last year.