After the Removal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the quarrel between Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who were held together in custody, increased enough that the two had to be separated. Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were detained in the Hari Niwas palace last week after Article 370 was removed, fearing a breach of peace in the state. Authorities have said that during this time the dispute between the two increased so much that they had to separate. Actually, both were accusing each other of bringing Bharatiya Janata Party into the state.
This is what Umar Mehbooba shouted and taunted him and his late father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed for an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015 and 2018. According to sources, a heated argument ensued between the two leaders which was also heard by the staff present there. PDP Chief Mehbooba responded fiercely to National Conference Vice President Omar.
Officials said Umar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, each other's arch-rivals, were detained in the Hari Niwas palace last week in anticipation of a breach of peace in the state after Article 370 was removed. Authorities have said that during this time the dispute between the two increased so much that they had to separate. Actually, both were accusing each other of bringing Bharatiya Janata Party into the state.
Mehbooba reminded Omar that Farooq Abdullah's alliance was with the BJP under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. "He loudly told Omar that you were the junior minister for foreign affairs in the Vajpayee government," an official said. Mehbooba also held Omar's grandfather Sheikh Abdullah responsible for Jammu and Kashmir's accession to India in 1947.
Officials said that as the dispute between the two escalated, it was decided that the two should be kept separate. Omar is housed in the forest department building at Chashmashahi near Mahadev Hill, while Mehbooba Hari Niwas is in the palace. Before the quarrel, Omar Hari was on the ground floor of the residence and Mehbooba on the first floor. Please tell that Hari Niwas Mahal is known as a place used for interrogation of militants.
Officials said that the two leaders are being given food according to the rules of the jail and their rank. An official said that Mehbooba had expressed her desire to eat brown beds, but could not be given them, as there is nothing like this for VVIP people detained in the jail menu.
