Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah today asked the Government not to use such actions which tomorrow will inflict on them.
Abdullah told this to reporters in Srinagar on the arrest of Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
He said India is a democratic country and everyone has rights and asked the BJP against taking such actions. “For God’s sake don’t use such actions which tomorrow will inflict on you. You are not going to be in power everyday. One day this is going to hit you. Think of that day,” Dr Abdullah said.
“Sanjay Singh has been very vocal in the Parliament against many acts of Government which he opposed. I think it is wrong to arrest a legislator who is absolutely clean and has been put behind bars because, according to what I heard, that he did not answer certain questions. You don’t arrest a person for not answering a question. If you have something against him, take him to court,” he said.
The NC president said that how long will such arrests continue as the Education Minister Manish Sisodia is already in jail. “…Poor Education Minister is already in jail and how long will this continue?” Farooq asked.
On Ravinder Raina’s statement that if the opposition was so concerned for constitution and democratic institutions then why they boycotted the Urban Local Bodies earlier, the NC president said the BJP chief gave a statement without understanding.
“No doubt we didn’t take part when Panchayat elections were held. I feel very sad about it. Looking at it those people who decided that it should not be done. We did it wrong. But we did take part in the DDC elections. National Conference may not have taken part but what about other parties who took part,” he said.
“We are asking for our Constitutional rights which have been suspended in J&K ever since the UT has been created. We are asking for our Constitutional rights,” he added.
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