Question

Which former Chief Minister was released from house arrest on 24 March 2020?
1. Lalu Prasad Yadav
2. Farooq Abdullah
3. Rabri Devi
4. Omar Abdullah

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Omar Abdullah

The Correct Answer is Omar Abdullah.

• In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, former J &K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's preventive detention was revoked.
• The order of release was released on March 24, 2020, by the administration of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Following the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference Party Leader was released after more than eight months of preventive detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
• At his Hari Niwas residence in Srinagar, the former J&K Chief Minister was held in preventive detention.
• Since August 5, 2020, when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked and the state was split into two union territories, he has been put under detention.
• The release of Omar Abdullah comes almost two weeks after the release of his father, Farooq Abdullah, also a former J&K Chief Minister, from house arrest on March 5, 2020.

• On 5 January 2009, after forming a government in coalition with the Congress party, Omar Abdullah became the 11th and youngest Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.