Srinagar:
Jammu and Kashmir are looking at a fresh political line on liquor ban – an issue that came in 2016, but the thumb was dropped by Mehboba Mufti’s ruling People’s Democratic Party. Now the battleline has been rebuilt, the PDP has increased the demand for the ban. The party has launched a signature campaign in support of the ban and is the ruling national conference that is accusing it of hypocrisy.
In the weekend, the posters came to Srinagar, supporting the ban and called tourists to “respect local culture and traditions”. Police action has been questioned by the opposition to remove the posters.
The matter is expected to dominate the assembly in the budget session starting from March 3. Two members – one of the PDPs and one of the National Conference – have introduced bills to ban alcohol.
PDP’s Fayz Ahmed Mir, Ahsan Pardesi of National Conference and a third MLA – Awami Itatehad Party (AIP) Sheikh Khurshid Ahmed – have transferred separate bills in the assembly demanding a ban on the sale of liquor in the union area.
Today PDP leader and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti joined the signature campaign, which was started yesterday by his daughter Iltija Mufti.
A day earlier, on Friday, on Friday, the traders of the historic Lal Chowk in Srinagar, after welcoming the tourists, said, “For a memorable and pleasant journey, we please request: love and your family Currently, alcohol, drugs, avoid spitting, spit, roads and smoking.
Nekan MLA, Ahsan Pardesi, in support of his bill, said that uncontrolled sales of liquor disregards the religious and cultural ethos of Kashmir.
He said, “Our heritage has always been against drugs, and this bill is a step towards preserving those values,” he said.
Kashmir – Very much dependent on tourism – has always been metropolitan in its hospitality. The first liquor shop in the valley is from the British era. Since then, liquor shops have worked in Kashmir, but as a terror in the valley in the 1990s, Islamic terrorist groups banned the sale of liquor.
The ruling National Conference has said that this supporter is liked and would like to leave tourists to decide whether they want a Tipal or not.
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