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The contention implicit the liquor contented showed nary signs of dying down successful Kashmir connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) arsenic the ruling National Conference (NC) president, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, expressed an inability to wholly prohibition the merchantability of liquor due to the fact that of the gross factor. Meanwhile, Opposition parties, including J&K Apni Party and Kashmir main cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, asked the authorities to travel Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay’s steps.
To marque a constituent connected however it was not an casual determination to prohibition liquor successful J&K, Mr. Abdullah referred to erstwhile Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s sojourn to J&K and his advocacy to prohibition liquor successful J&K successful the 1970s. “Mr. Desai was known for supporting prohibition. My father, Sheikh Abdullah, then Chief Minister, replied that helium could see stopping liquor income if the Centre compensated the resulting gross loss,” said Mr. Abdullah.
He said if the Central authorities inactive agrees to compensate for the gross losses, the J&K authorities “can halt it successful 2 minutes”.
Several Opposition parties, including Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), J&K Apni Party and Kashmir main cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, person sought a broad prohibition connected merchantability of liquor successful J&K. They besides criticised J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s connection that “no 1 was dragging younker into consuming liquor”.
Responding to the criticism, Dr. Addullah said, “Alcohol depletion cannot beryllium stopped simply done restrictions. Those who mean to portion would find ways to procure it adjacent if a prohibition is successful place.”
Questioning those who are protesting against liquor shops, Dr. Abdullah said, “Why were they soundless erstwhile specified outlets were being opened crossed antithetic areas successful the past? We did not unfastened liquor shops. Those who opened them are present raising their voices.”
Follow Vijay’s steps: J&K leaders
Meanwhile, J&K Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari asked the Omar Abdullah authorities to instrumentality a cue from the Tamil Nadu government. “Tamil Nadu’s newly-elected Chief Minister Joseph Vijay has shown what existent nationalist enactment looks like. His decisions intelligibly bespeak the volition and emotions of the radical who elected him. Just 2 days aft being sworn successful arsenic Chief Minister, helium ordered the closure of 717 liquor shops located adjacent temples, schools, and autobus stands crossed the state,” said Mr. Bukhari.
He said CM Vijay’s determination should service arsenic an eye-opener for our authorities present successful Jammu and Kashmir. “Unfortunately, our governmental parties are indulging successful a blasted game. The ruling NC says that adjacent the PDP refused to prohibition liquor erstwhile it was successful power. That whitethorn beryllium true, but it does not mean that the NC, which has received a immense nationalist mandate this time, should besides travel PDP’s path,” said Mr. Bukhari.
Kashmir main cleric the Mirwaiz said Jammu and Kashmir was a Muslim-majority portion and intoxicant depletion “is socially and religiously discouraged”. “Several states successful India with non-Muslim majorities person besides imposed restrictions oregon bans connected intoxicant owed to its damaging interaction connected society. The archetypal measurement by the caller authorities successful Tamil Nadu was to adjacent down 700 liquor shops,” said the Mirwaiz.
Demanding a implicit prohibition connected alcohol, the Mirwaiz said, “The ongoing run against cause networks volition not output the desired results if enactment is not besides taken against liquor, which is besides destroying families.”
