The Supreme Court on Monday allowed senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to visit four districts in Jammu and Kashmir but asked him not to make any speeches or hold public rallies.
“He will not make any speeches or hold any public rally as per his own submissions,” Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said.
The top court has allowed Ghulam Nabi Azad, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, to visit Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag and Jammu.
“I am a former CM and six-term MP and have not been allowed to go to my state. I was turned away twice from Srinagar and Jammu. I will not hold any rally or do any political activity,” Azad said through his lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
The leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha was turned away from the airports in Srinagar and Jammu in August. He was not allowed to visit the state after restrictions were imposed following the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and its division into two Union territories on August 5.