Parliamentary Panel to review J&K and Ladakh situation

Top Union Home MinistryHome MinistryHome Ministry officials on Friday conveyed to a parliamentary panel that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is getting normal and detained political leaders, including former Chief Ministers, will be released but gave no time-frame for it, sources said.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry Gyanesh Kumar and other Ministry officials briefed the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs, chaired by senior Congress leader Anand Sharma, on the situation in the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

Members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha quizzed top government officials on the detention of political leaders, particularly three-time former Chief Minister and Srinagar MP Farooq Abdullah, who was charged under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) on September 17.