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Admin likely to release senior NC leader to 'test political waters' 10/7/2019 11:15:41 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 7: The administration is contemplating to release a senior leader of National Conference, who is presently under detention at the Centaur Hotel here as a "test of political waters." Sources said the police and the civil administration are looking ahead to hold negotiations with the NC leaders under detention in a plan to release them all in a phased manner. Sources said the administration would ask the detained leader to give an undertaking that he would not incite protests. "If he is willing on not spoiling the law and order situation, he will be released and subsequently other leaders will also be released in the same manner," said an official in the know of the matter. Sources said the NC leader in question is seen as a prominent voice from Srinagar and thus his release would be a "litmus test." "If situation remains as such after his release then prospects of releasing others on a fast track basis will be a reality but what has currently happened is that undertaking from them is awaited," said a senior official on the condition of anonymity. The developments are on the cards at a time when the two delegations from the National Conference (NC) met senior party leaders Farooq and Omar Abdullah in Srinagar on October 7. The delegations demanded that Kashmiri politicians be released. Sources said Abdullahs have told party delegations to establish contact with the leadership of other parties whose leaders are detained. A top government official said that leaders and former legislators of other political parties might also be allowed to meet their leaders if they approached the administration. At least 50 leaders of different political parties are in detention including Mufti, Peoples Conference chairman Sajjad Lone and former IAS officer Shah Faesal. A senior official told Early Times that many developments were expected in the coming days.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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