‘We Are Not Criminals’: Tharoor Tweets Farooq Abdullah’s Letter

“Participation in Parliament is essential for democracy and popular sovereignty,” Tharoor tweeted.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday, 6 December, tweeted a letter written to him by National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, who is still being held under detention in Jammu and Kashmir.

In the letter, Abdullah writes that he is in a “sub-jail” and that the letter was not delivered on time. He also wrote “we are not criminals”.

Tharoor, tweeting a response, wrote that:

Letter from imprisoned FarooqSaab. Members of Parliament 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 4 democracy&popular sovereignty. pic.twitter.com/xEQ45klWCb

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 5, 2019