Overview
- After offering Eid prayers at Srinagar’s Hazratbal shrine, Omar Abdullah called the conflict led by the United States and Israel an illegal or unjust war and urged an immediate halt.
- He warned that the fighting in West Asia is straining India’s energy supplies, citing difficulties obtaining LPG and diesel and forecasting further price increases for households.
- Abdullah criticized the denial of Eid congregational prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid, saying such curbs contradict assertions that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is normal.
- Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said he was placed under house arrest and posted images of the locked Jamia Masjid, noting this was the seventh consecutive year of Eid restrictions at the site.
- J&K Police did not address the reported curbs at Jamia Masjid, stating only that prayers in Srinagar were peaceful, while Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha extended Eid greetings.