AAP MLA Mehraj Malik booked under PSA provisions, Arvind Kejriwal says, "jail and conspiracies won't scare AAP"

New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik, representing Doda constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, was booked under provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act 1978 (PSA) on Monday on grounds of his activities being prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.

According to reports, action against him has been taken after due consideration of all relevant materials, reports and circumstances clearly establishing that the continuance of such activities by a member of the Legislative Assembly posed a grave threat to peace, public order and tranquillity in a district.

Preventive detection under PSA was found necessary in the interest of maintaining public order and safeguarding law and order in the region.

AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal strongly reacted to the arrest, questioning the rationale behind the same, further stating that it was an attack on democracy.

क्या अपने क्षेत्र की जनता के लिए अस्पताल माँगना इतना बड़ा गुनाह है कि उसके लिए एक चुने हुए MLA को जेल में डाल दिया जाए?

मेहराज मलिक आम आदमी पार्टी के शेर हैं। वो हमेशा जनता की आवाज़ बनकर हक की लड़ाई लड़ते रहेंगे। जेल, धमकियाँ और साज़िशें… ये सब AAP के किसी भी सिपाही को कभी नहीं…

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— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal)

September 8, 2025

Is demanding a hospital for the people your area such a grave crime that an elected MLA has to be thrown jail for itMehraaj Malik is the lion of the Aam Aadmi Party. He will always remain the voice of the people, fighting for their rights. Jail, threats, and conspiracies... none of these can ever scare any soldier of AAP, the post read.

People Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed Para termed the arrest as a shameful surrender, further stating that it is a direct assault on democracy.

Further in his post, Para demanded the protection of the democratic sanctity of elected representatives.

Shameful surrender.

Assembly Secretariat endorsing PSA against an elected MLA is a direct assault on democracy. J&K CM

@OmarAbdullah

must act, don’t allow the institution of MLA, the last agency of the people, to be silenced. Today it’s Mehraj, tomorrow it could be you.

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— Waheed Para (@parawahid)

September 8, 2025

Shameful surrender. Assembly Secretariat endorsing PSA against an elected MLA is a direct assault on democracy. J&K CM @OmarAbdullah must act, dont allow the institution of MLA, the last agency of the people, to be silenced. Today it Mehraj, tomorrow it could be you, the post read.

JK CM Omar Abdullah also opposed the detention claiming that Malik was not a thread to Public Safety.

There is no justification for detaining Mehraj Malik under PSA. He not a threat to public safety & using this discredited law to detain him is wrong. If the unelected government can use its powers against an elected representative like this then how does anyone expect the people of J&K to continue to have faith in democracy,. he said. (ANI)

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