MLA submits bill in LA on liquor ban in JK

Amid row over ban on sale of beef in J&K, legislator from Khansahab constituency in Budgam district, Hakeem Muhammad Yasin, has submitted a bill in the Assembly seeking ban on sale of liquor in the state. “J&K being a Muslim majority State, the Government should ban sale of liquor to its residents,” reads the bill submitted in the Assembly Secretariat. The autumn session of Assembly starts on October 3 and is expected to be stormy in the wake of a row over Dogra-era law that criminalizes sale of beef and…

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