Omar Abdullah was freed after almost eight months of detention in Srinagar on March 24.
Srinagar:
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah mentioned right this moment that he’ll vacate his authorities lodging in Srinagar earlier than the tip of October. The Nationwide Convention chief shared his letter to the administration of the union territory, written in July.
“I might be vacating my authorities lodging in Srinagar earlier than the tip of October. The purpose to notice is that opposite to tales planted within the media final 12 months I acquired no discover to vacate & have chosen to take action of my very own accord (sic),” Mr Abdullah wrote on Twitter, sharing a photograph of his letter to the official in command of estates, hospitality and protocol in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mr Abdullah, 50, mentioned he was allotted within the lodging in Srinagar’s VVIP space of Gupkar Raod in 2002 when he was an MP from the Srinagar constituency. He mentioned he used the complicated and the adjoining home because the official residende of the Chief Minister from Cotober 2010 to January 2015 when he demitted workplace as “the foundations allowed for me to retain an lodging in Srinagar or Jammu and I selected to retain an lodging in Srinagar”.
My letter to the J&Okay administration. I might be vacating my authorities lodging in Srinagar earlier than the tip of October. The purpose to notice is that opposite to tales planted within the media final 12 months I acquired no discover to vacate & have chosen to take action of my very own accord. pic.twitter.com/dWjDacVoHn
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) September 9, 2020
“Consequent upon the change of entitlements for former CMs on Jammu and Kashmir some months in the past, I now discover myself in unauthorised occupation of this lodging, as no try has been made to regularise the allotment to me on safety and different grounds,” Mr Abdullah mentioned in his author. “It is a scenario that’s unacceptable to me. I’ve by no means held on to any authorities property I used to be not entitled to and I’ve no intention to start out now,” he mentioned.
Mr Abdullah’s letter in July mentioned the method of discovering another lodging was taking time as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
Omar Abdullah was freed after almost eight months of detention in Srinagar on March 24. Days earlier than that, his father and former Union Minister Farooq Abdullah too was launched from home arrest. Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti remains to be in detention. The three have been amongst a whole bunch of political leaders detained forward of the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular standing.
