New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday accused Home Minister Amit Shah of lying in Parliament about his detention. "Farooq Abdullah Ji is neither under detention nor under arrest. He is at his home of his own free will," Shah told the Lok Sabha when the Opposition expressed concerns over Farooq's absence in the House.

'My state being burnt'

Speaking to reporters from the balcony of his Srinagar house, Farooq said, "I forced myself out to talk to you, to tell you that Amit Shah is lying — that I am not in house arrest." "Do you think I will stay inside of my own will when my state is being burnt, when my people are being executed in jails, punished in their homes? This is not the India that I believe in. My India is democratic and secular for all," he added.