Opposition Leaders Sent Back from Srinagar Airport, Situation is ‘Not Normal’, Says Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: A delegation of Opposition leaders from eight parties including senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Ghulam Nabi Azad, Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja, Manoj Jha, among others were sent back from Srinagar on Saturday.

Opposition leaders criticized the government for hiding the truth and alleged that the Centre was lying about the security situation in the Union Territory.

Opposition parties, including the Congress, left parties and Trinamool Congress, have been demanding that the central government allow leaders to visit Jammu & Kashmir to assess the situation.

Leaders of regional parties, including former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, have been put under house arrest.
“If the situation in Jammu & Kashmir is “normal” as the govt claims, why has the delegation of Opposition leaders led by Shri @RahulGandhi been sent back from Srinagar airport? What is the Modi govt trying to hide?,” the Congress party said on its official Twitter handle.