Srinagar, March 18 Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Chaudhary expressed hope on Wednesday that the judiciary will do justice with jailed MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik.
Malik, who is the president of the AAP's Jammu and Kashmir unit, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on September 8, 2025, for allegedly disturbing public order, and was subsequently lodged in the Kathua jail.
"We are hopeful that the judiciary will do justice in the case of Mehraj Malik, as it did in Sonam Wangchuk's case," Chaudhary told reporters in Kulgam district.
The deputy chief minister asserted that his party had been against the detention of the environmental activist from the beginning of the case. "We are proud of the judiciary... what wrong did he (Wangchuk) do?" he said.
On the matter of the ongoing war between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Chaudhary said that world leaders will have to end the wars to save the world for future generations.
"The conflict is not limited to one region, as more countries are fighting each other. Earlier leaders, like Vajpayee, spoke about peace. Even our president Farooq Abdullah says war is not a solution. The world leaders will have to stop the wars," he said.