J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that implementing three new criminal laws is not the mandate of the elected government, yet the elected dispensation needs to do more to create awareness about the provisions.
Talking to reporters after attending a meeting called by Home Minister Amit Shah to review the implementation of the new criminal laws, Omar said, “It is not our responsibility to implement these laws. Since these are new laws, people should be aware of them. For this, the elected government needs to do more.”
Omar said J&K has done better in implementation but there are a few weak areas that need to be fixed”, adding there was no discussion on the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir during today’s meeting.”
However, he said, “I had discussed security matters relating to J&K during my recent meeting with HM (Amit Shah) on Parliament premises.”
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When asked about why elected representatives are being left out of today’s security meeting, he said, “There is a difference between this meeting and those meetings.
This meeting was about new laws and their implementation. If the decision has been made to exclude representatives elected by the people from security issues, what more can I say?” he said.
The high-level meeting was chaired by the Union Home Minister to review the implementation of new criminal laws in Jammu & Kashmir and was also attended by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and top officials from the central and J&K governments.
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