All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday took a swipe at the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his comment on the removal of PSA once the statehood is restored.
Owaisi said the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978, has been โmisusedโ by every elected and unelected government, which has led to โuntold suffering and human rights violationsโ.ย Owaisi’s post on X read, โSab kuch luta ke hosh mein aaye to kya kiya. Din mein agar chiragh jalaye to kya kiya?โ
He said that the previous chief ministers of J&K, including Abdullah himself, could have repealed the PSA and prevented the violations of human rights in the place.ย The AIMIM chief said, โThe Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA), was introduced by Sheikh Abdullah in 1978 to deal with smuggling.
Farooq Abdullah, GM Shah, Mufti Sayeed, GN Azad, Omar Abdullah & Mehbooba Mufti have all been CMs of J&K.
They could have easily repealed PSA & prevented untold suffering and human rights violations.โย Owaisi blasted the Omar government, saying over 20,000 people have been jailed since 1978, from the time of former JK CM Sheikh Abdullah, without fair trials.
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He called it undemocratic, as he believes it has been virtually misused by every government and governor. The act must have happened a long time ago.ย He made these comments after Omar Abdullah, on Saturday, said that the elected government must have control over the state subjects, including law and order and security, for it to remove the PSA.
Moreover, Abdullah said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre should be honest in telling people that statehood for the Union Territory is subject to their coming to power here.ย Omar also criticised the PDP, its political rival, for an unnecessary alliance with the BJP in 2015.
“We are still suffering the aftereffects of that. I have no intention of repeating mistakes that other people have made,โ Abdullah said.ย
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