If not tomorrow, then today, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, along with Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Chaudhary and other leaders of the National Conference, on Monday paid tribute to those killed on 13th July 1931 at Naqshband Saheb Mazar-e-Shauhada, Nowhatta. But before that, he had a scuffle with the policemen, which created chaos in the entire area for some time. Omar Abdullah entered Naqshband Saheb Mazar-e-Shauhada by jumping over the wall.
Later, while talking to journalists, Omar Abdullah said that some people think that we are slaves, but we are not slaves and neither are these graves here only for 13th July, they are here throughout the year and we will come whenever we feel like it. Let us tell you that those people are buried in the Nauhatta Naqshband Sahib complex, who were killed by the Maharaja’s army in Kashmir on 13 July 1931. After independence, the National Conference declared 13 July a gazetted holiday, giving them the status of martyrs of Kashmir, and every year a government tribute ceremony was organized at their graves. However, this morning Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reached Naqshband Sahib with his father Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Chaudhary and a group of National Conference MLAs and they offered flowers on the graves of those killed on 13 July 1931 and prayed for the peace of their souls. But before this, there was a lot of drama inside and outside Naqshband Sahib on the road.
The police tried to stop their vehicles at Nauhatta Chowk. On this, Omar Abdullah and his companions reached the Naqshband Sahib complex on foot, but the policemen present there stopped them from moving forward and there was also a scuffle between them.
Omar Abdullah later shared a video of the scuffle on his ex handle and wrote with it that I had to face such physical scuffle, but I am a very strong person and I could not be stopped. I was not doing anything illegal or unlawful. Actually, these ‘protectors of law’ will have to tell under which law they were trying to stop us from reading Fateha.
Meanwhile, while talking to journalists after offering Fateha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, without naming Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, said that it is a matter of great regret that those who themselves claim that their responsibility here is only security and law and order. They should see. We were kept locked in our homes since early morning yesterday. We were not allowed to read Fateha here.