The year 2020 began amid uncertainty as most of the mainstream political leaders continued to be under various forms of detention following the landmark constitutional amendments of 2019.
While some leaders were released in the first two months of the year — purportedly after signing a bond not to speak against the abrogation of Article 370 — the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic hastened the release of many others including Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah in March.
However, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti remained in incarceration for the longest period — 14 months — and was released only in October, just ahead of the DDC polls.
The better part of the year was spent dealing with the COVID outbreak that affected over 1.19 lakh people and claimed nearly…