We are not criminals, says Farooq Abdullah in letter to Shashi Tharoor

NEW DELHI: In detention since the abrogation of Article 370, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has complained about the treatment being meted out to him, asserting “we are not criminals”.
Abdullah wrote to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor regretting that his letter written on October 21 was delivered to him on December 2 in the sub-jail where he is detained since August 5. “It is most unfortunate that they are not able to deliver my post in time.I am sure this is not the way to treat a senior MP and leader of a political party. We are not criminals,” the former chief minister of J&K wrote.
Sharing Abdullah’s letter on Twitter, Tharoor said, “MPs should be allowed to attend the session as a matter of parliamentary privilege. Otherwise the tool of arrest can be used to muzzle opposition voices. Participation in Parliament is essential for democracy and popular sovereignty.”