SRINAGAR, JAN 31 (PTK): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah Thursday said that if his party is voted to power in the upcoming assembly elections it will scrap the Public Safety Act.
“Mein Eska Naam-o-Nishaan Mitadoonga (I will not leave a trace of it,” he said addressing a daylong convention in Pulwama.
Abdullah said that the governments are for making lives better and not to increase the difficulties of the people.
He said that youth will not be arrested under PSA and parents will not be bothered that if their children are booked under this act they will disappear for times inside the jail system.
“Governments are for making lives better not to increase the difficulties by the people,” he said, while promising that once in Power NC will scrap the law that has been misused to imprison young people behind the bars.
“We have seen enough of handicapped governments where we remain at the mercy of someone. Late Mufti (Muhammad Sayeed) was there (CM) courtesy (Ghulam Nabi) Azad and Azad was CM thanks to Mufti. And I remained in power for six years because of Congress support,” Omar said.
Recently, Farooq Abdullah, Patron of NC had said that if they are voted to power with absolute majority, they will bring in the autonomy resolution within a month.
“If am blessed with good health by Allah and we’re voted to power with absolute majority, I promise that I will make this happen (regional autonomy) within 30 days after assuming power.” (PTK)
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