New Delhi has meted out step-motherly treatment to J&K: Farooq Abdullah

Srinagar, Oct 17 (UNI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of meting out "step-motherly treatment" to Jammu and Kashmir, citing the revocation of its special status, bifurcation into two union Territories and continued delay in restoring statehood. Abdullah said intimidation, coercion, harassment and suppression of people's voices had no place in a democracy, asserting that the Constitution of India does not permit such actions either. In a statement he said that respecting the human rights is a fundamental responsibility of a democratic society and no region or citizen should be subjected to…