Sushma Swaraj, Jaitley taken into custody
By IANSMonday, January 24, 2011
JAMMU - Senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar were Monday night taken into custody by Jammu and Kashmir Police from the airport here to thwart their planned flag-hoisting at Srinagar on Jan 26, police said.
The three were whisked away to an undisclosed location.
They had earlier landed at Jammu airport to participate in the BJP youth wing’s ‘Ekta Yatra’ to hoist the national flag in Srinagar on Republic Day.
The BJP leaders were prevented from leaving the airport and they squatted on the tarmac.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and union Home Minister P.Chidambaram appealed to them to desist from their plan and return to Delhi to prevent the fragile peace in the valley from collapsing.
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