His father and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah was released from detention two weeks ago. These developments mark the easing of restrictions over political entities of the erstwhile state that had come into force since the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August.

However, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti continues to remain under detention.On Tuesday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration issued an order to release Abdullah who had been kept in preventive detention since 5 August. Omar Abdullah was also booked under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) on 5 February.

In his first tweet after being released, Omar Abdullah said: “232 days after my detention today I finally left Hari Niwas. It’s a very different world today to the one that existed on 5th August 2019.” The National Conference welcomed the release of Omar Abdullah “after solitary detention of 07 months and 22 days”. “People’s leader is back!,” it said in a tweet.

232 days after my detention today I finally left Hari Niwas. It’s a very different world today to the one that existed on 5th August 2019. pic.twitter.com/Y44MNwDlNz

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) March 24, 2020

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