Govt treats personal liberty as a favour: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar: Former J&K chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the government is treating personal liberty as a favour, giving and withdrawing it at will, with no interference from the judiciary.

Omar Abdulla was reacting to the alleged house arrest of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti.

"Parking a truck in front of our gates is now standard operating procedure for this admin. They did the same to my father recently to stop him from praying. Personal liberty is treated as a favour by the govt, to give & withdraw at will, with no interference from the judiciary," Omar Abdullah wrote on Twitter.

His father and NC president Farooq Abdullah was on October 30 prevented from leaving his residence to offer prayers at Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Eid-Milad-un-Nabi.

(Based on PTI feed)