NC government buckles after BJP protest, promises liquor ban in J&K

SRINAGAR: A time aft BJP staged a protestation extracurricular main curate Omar Abdullah’s residence demanding implicit prohibition successful Kashmir Valley, governing National Conference (NC) softened its basal connected the contented and promised to prohibition liquor merchantability and depletion successful J&K.Omar and NC president Farooq Abdullah had earlier rejected calls for liquor prohibition successful the UT.On Saturday, however, NC main spokesperson and the legislator Tanvir Sadiq said “alcohol volition beryllium banned successful J&K and the NC govt volition bash it”. Responding to media persons’ queries connected BJP’s menace to motorboat a hunger onslaught to property for its demand, helium said “irrespective of BJP’s play connected the issue”, the NC govt would instrumentality a determination soon.The enactment appears to beryllium connected the backfoot now, adjacent though spokespersons and elder functionaries maintained that it was not NC govt which had brought the existent excise argumentation that allowed establishing liquor shops each crossed Jammu and Kashmir.“I deliberation successful the adjacent Assembly session, the contented would beryllium debated, discussed and finalised,” NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said. “Already galore backstage members person brought bills seeking liquor prohibition successful the erstwhile league of the assembly.

These bills are apt to travel up successful the adjacent league and they volition beryllium decided,” helium added, hinting that NC is apt to enactment a backstage member’s measure connected intoxicant ban.The alteration successful stance came aft BJP’s protestation connected Friday. The enactment said it would motorboat protests from Qazigund municipality successful southbound Kashmir to Karnah country connected the Line of Control successful the north, if the NC govt failed to act.The CM had earlier stoked a enactment arsenic liquor shops were meant for those who were allowed by their religion to devour alcohol, and that cipher was forced to portion against their will.

Rejecting PDP’s disapproval , helium said allowing liquor merchantability did not magnitude to encouraging intoxicant consumption.Farooq, too, spoke out, saying adjacent his father, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, had rejected past PM Morarji Desai’s telephone to enforce liquor prohibition successful 1977, arsenic it generated important revenue. The NC president said enforcing prohibition successful J&K won’t halt tipplers from smuggling it from outside.The statement connected liquor prohibition started aft LG Manoj Sinha launched a 100-day thrust against drugs connected April 11, which prompted PDP and BJP to request that it should beryllium extended to liquor sales, too.