Shah has no role in slapping of PSA against Abdullah: BJP
Facing flak from the Opposition leaders for putting several senior political leaders under house arrest in Jammu and Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution, including former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, the BJP has said that Union Home MInister and party President Amit Shah has "no role" in slapping of the Public Safety Act (PSA) against the National Conference (NC) leader.
In an interview to IANS, Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Ravinder Raina said, "When Shah made a statement on the floor of the House in Rajya Sabha on the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, on that day there was no case against Farooq Abdullah."
"But after the passage of a few days the agencies (security and intelligence agencies) submitted the report that he may lead troubles in Kashmir valley. And it was the reason why the security agencies took the necessary action," the BJP leader said.
Giving a clean chit to the BJP national President's role in the slapping of PSA against Farooq Abdullah, who is also an MP from Kashmir, Raina said, "Shah has nothing to do with the slapping of PSA against any of the leaders, including Farooq Abdullah."
Warning the political leaders, Raina said, "One thing is clear, whosoever it is, whatever might be his/her past history, anybody who tries to break the country, divide the nation, instigate the youth, he/she will never be spared and the law will take its own course."
Raina was responding to a question over Shah's remarks in the Rajya Sabha that Abdullah was neither arrested nor detained, but was at his home "out of his own free will".