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Swaraj, Jaitley, Ananth Kumar
arrested at Jammu airport Jammu, January 24 The three leaders - who arrived in a chartered flight to throw their weight behind the party’s move to hoist the Tricolour at the Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day - were stopped at the airport after they refused to obey orders of the District Magistrate, asking them to go back. As soon as the flight carrying Swaraj, Jaitley and Kumar arrived at the Jammu airport at 3.18 pm, the additional Deputy Commissioner rushed towards it and tried to stop the leaders from coming out of the plane by showing them the administrative order (Section 144). Eyewitnesses said that after some argument, the trio came out of the plane but authorities immediately locked the entrance door of the airport. Stunned, the three BJP leaders sat on a dharna. When BJP workers, who had assembled outside the airport to welcome their leaders, came to know about the incident, they started shouting slogans against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for adopting oppressive measures. Soon, senior police and administrative officers
Meanwhile, more BJP workers assembled at the airport and protested against the government for arresting their leaders. "It's an outrageous act by the Omar Abdullah government. This is a picture akin to the Emergency days," chief spokesman of state BJP Jitender Singh told reporters. He alleged that the government was furthering the agenda of the separatists and undermining the nationalist element. High Drama
The BJP top brass had come to throw its weight behind the party’s move to hoist the Tricolour at the Lal Chowk on Republic Day As soon as the trio’s flight landed, the ADC tried to stop the leaders from coming out of the plane But they refused and were detained. Later, the three leaders were arrested and deported to Madhopur in Punjab. BJP workers outside the airport raised slogans against CM Omar Abdullah after which they were taken into custody
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