Chennai, December 08, 2019 (PPI-OT): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that while he’s happy to breathe the air of freedom after being in prison for more than three months, the people of Kashmir are being denied freedom. The former Indian Minister is visiting Chennai days after he was granted bail in the INX Media case.
“In several parts freedom is being snatched away and voices of freedom are being choked. You should not forget it at all. I’m happy to breathe the air of freedom but 75 lakh people are being denied freedom in Kashmir valley as I speak,” he told reporters at the Chennai airport.
Mr Chidambaram, in his first press conference after his release, had referred to the India’s move to strip the Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and dividing it into two union territories. “Freedom cannot be separated, yours is mine and mine is yours and if I do not protect your freedom, you cannot protect mine,” he said. “This retrograde government is heading towards fascism that denies freedom. We’ve got to be cautious,” he added.
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