Condemn Farooq Abdullah’s detention under PSA: P Chidambaram

New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail, on Tuesday spoke against the decision to slap the Public Safety Act (PSA) on former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.
Asking his family to tweet on his behalf, Chidambaram said, “I condemn the detention of Farooq Abdullah under PSA. There is no one in Kashmir more devoted to the idea of a united India of which Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part than Farooq Abdullah.” “I have been reading news stories about protest movements across the world in Moscow, Hong Kong, France, Slovakia, Algeria, Myanmar, Romania and so on. The cry is for freedom. As a young Slovakian said, ‘The fight for freedom is a never-ending process,’” Chidambaram’s second tweet read.
The former finance minister, who turned 74 just a day earlier, has been vocal about the issues in the country and has used the social media platform to express his views on them.
Earlier today, his son, Karti Chidambaram too while tagging a news report about Abdullah’s arrest, had tweeted, “Nazi Nazi Nazi”.
Reports of Abdullah being booked under the PSA came on Monday when the Supreme Court sought a response from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration on the petition seeking his release.