Overview

• The Baramulla Lok Sabha member says he will fast from 10 a.m. on October 1 to 10 a.m. on October 3 inside Tihar Jail.
• In a handwritten note addressed to “Bapu” and forwarded to the Lok Sabha Speaker, he invokes non-violence to appeal for peace.
• He remains in custody in New Delhi in a terror-funding case as he decries the chilling effect of the UAPA.
• He writes that Kashmiris are unfairly labeled as anti-national or proxy actors, rejecting those characterizations.
• He accuses the state of pursuing “draconian policies,” calls Jammu and Kashmir an “experimental lab,” and cites the continuing displacement of Kashmiri Pandits.