Hours after PDP president Mehbooba Mufti received an invitation from the Centre for talks with Jammu and Kashmir's regional political parties, her uncle Sartaj Madni was on Saturday released from six-month-long detention.
Madni, who was under preventive detention at MLA hostel in Srinagar, was released on Saturday morning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to chair a meeting with all political parties from Jammu and Kashmir on June 24 as part of the Centre's initiatives to bolster political processes, including holding assembly elections, in the union territory.