Nadeem Nadu
Srinagar, Feb 9 :
Minister Sakina Itoo on Monday said that the Public Safety Act (PSA), will be revoked soon after the Union Territory regains statehood.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, the Minister Itoo, as per news agency Kashmir News Corner (KNC), said it was during the PDP-BJP government that youth were arrested and shifted to prisons outside Jammu and Kashmir.
“I want to remind them that when the PDP-BJP was in power, children were detained and sent to jails outside the region,” she said, rejecting attempts to blame the National Conference for such actions.
On the PSA, Sakina Itoo said the National Conference has already made its position clear in its manifesto. She stated that the party has committed to working towards the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and that once statehood is regained, steps will be taken to repeal the PSA and get back youth jailed outside J&K.
She clarified that at present, the elected government does not have control over the Home Department. “When the Home Department comes to us, we will review the issue of PSA and related cases,” she said.
The Minister’s remarks came amid an intense debate in the House over youth lodged in jails outside Jammu and Kashmir and the revocation of the Public Safety Act. (KNC)