If it’s wrong to impose liquor ban on Hindus, how did Gujarat and Bihar do it : Iltija to J-K CM

SRINAGAR: (May 11) Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Monday said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s refusal to ban alcohol in Jammu and Kashmir because Hindus are permitted to drink liquor was illogical.

“J-K 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?” Mufti asked on X.

She was commenting on Abdullah’s statement on Sunday that liquor shops were to serve people of those faiths in which the consumption of alcohol was not forbidden. ( PTI )