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SRINAGAR, May 11: Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti said, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s refusal to ban alcohol in Jammu and Kashmir because Hindus are permitted to drink liquor was illogical.
"JK CM’s expected U-turn on the refusal to prohibit liquor shops lacks logic. He claims it is wrong to impose a ban on Hindus consuming alcohol since their religion does not forbid it. If this is the case, how have Hindu majority states like Gujarat and Bihar banned alcohol successfully without a whimper? , " Iltija asked on X.
" We are proud of J&K’s secular credentials, but deeply unfortunate and insensitive for its chief minister to dismiss religious sensibilities of the majority with such indifference, she added.
The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah earlier in the day said liquor shops are intended for those whose religion permits alcohol consumption, and noted that no government in Jammu and Kashmir has imposed a complete ban on such outlets so far and asserted that his Government has neither opened new liquor shops nor encouraged alcohol consumption among local youth.
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