Was Modi government unaware of Alam decision by Centre?

March 10, 2015 10:30

Was the Narendra Modi government unaware that the order to release Kashmiri separatist Masarat Alam from jail was a decision taken when the state was under central rule?

On Monday in Parliament, Prime Minister Modi flayed the Jammu and Kashmir government for the decision, said the Centre had not been consulted, and that he 'shared the Opposition's anger' over the decision.

However, letters accessed by NDTV show that the decision was taken before the Mufti Mohammed Sayeed government assumed office in the state on March 1, 2015.

NDTV.com reports: 'Two letters show that the state's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government, which took power on March 1, had no direct role in the separatist's release... In a letter on February 4, the state's home secretary Suresh Kumar told the Jammu district magistrate that an order in September detaining the separatist under the Public Safety Act had become void as it had not been confirmed by the state home department.'

You can see the letters here and here.

NDTV's Barkha Dutt tweeted: Exclusive.Letters raise Qs-Did Rajnath speak in Parliament without details? Why is PDP silent if decision not theirs?

We wonder, too.

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