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Three former chief ministers National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah, a Lok Sabha MP, and his son Omar Abdullah, and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti are in detention, apart from other leaders of the state.Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said "We want to know from the government if Farooq Abdullah will be in Parliament from Monday to raise his voice."The Congress asserted that these mainstream political leaders have faced the ire of separatists for supporting India.Khera also alleged that the lockdown in Kashmir is on for 103 days, and there is no electricity, no medicines in hospitals and no data services for phones."Is this 'changa si' Modiji?" asked Khera, referring to PM Modi's remarks at the 'HowdyModi' in Houston on September 22, when he told the crowd that "Sab Changa si" (everything is OK in India).Asked about newly-appointed J&K Lt Gov G.C. Murmu's statement that the government is contemplating holding early assembly election, the Congress spokesperson remarked: "When all the mainstream leaders are in jail, then elections for whom? Is this how the issue is resolved?"Murmu on Thursday said elections for the assembly of the Union Territory will be held soon.In a historic decision, the BJP-led Central government revoked Article 370 on August 5 and split Jammu and Kashmir into two UTs J&K and Ladakh.Unlike Ladakh, the UT of J&K can elect a legislative assembly and a chief minister with the total strength of ministers not exceeding the 10 per cent of the total strength of the Assembly.The Centre is grappling with the issue of filling the political vacuum after the move on Article 370.Most of the important political leaders are still in detention since August 5.Around 50 other leaders from different political parties are also under detention at Centaur Hotel which has been declared as a sub-jail.Efforts by the BJP to fill the political vacuum have so far not met with success.The Centre is in contact with leaders such as Altaf Bukhari, Muzaffar Hussain Baig of the PDP, Usman Majeed of the Congress and others.The leaders were recently invited for lunch hosted in honour of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who visited Kashmir on October 29.The MEPs met several groups of people with little standing in public.( With inputs from IANS )

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Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Party (Nationalist) leader Ghulam Hasan Mir and former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Altaf Bukhari met a delegation of 15 foreign envoys who are on a two-day visit to the region and later said that political detainee ...

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called an "unconstitutional step" the extension of former Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah's detention on Friday. ...

The Union Home Ministry has refused to share any timeline for the release of political detainees in Jammu & Kashmir. ...

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Markets in Kashmir have closed again after resuming business for a few days for the first time since August 5. The closure has come in the wake of threats through posters. ...

The Opposition has increased its strength in Parliament as the 17th Lok Sabha readies to convene for the winter session, with the Shiv Sena walking out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). ...

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