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SRINAGAR, May 11: Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Monday said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah\u2019s refusal to ban alcohol in Jammu and Kashmir because Hindus are permitted to drink liquor was illogical.
\n\u201cJ-K CM\u2019s 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?\u201d Mufti asked on X.
\nShe was commenting on Abdullah\u2019s statement on Sunday that liquor shops were to serve people of those faiths in which the consumption of alcohol was not forbidden.
\n\u201cWe are proud of J-K\u2019s secular credentials, but deeply unfortunate and insensitive for its chief minister to dismiss religious sensibilities of the majority with such indifference,\u201d she added.
\nWhile interacting with reporters in Ganderbal on Sunday, Abdullah was asked about the demand for an alcohol ban in Jammu and Kashmir.
\nThe chief minister replied that his government was not forcing anyone to drink. \u201cIs anyone forcing them to drink? You are going to (a wine) shop on your own will. Why are you going there? We are not dragging you there. We are not advertising it,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n

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SRINAGAR, May 11: Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Monday said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah\u2019s refusal to ban alcohol in Jammu and Kashmir because Hindus are permitted to drink liquor was illogical. \u201cJ-K CM\u2019s expected U-turn on the refusal to prohibit liquor shops lacks logic. 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