No land allotted to Sainik Colony, says Mehbooba Mufti

Amid a controversy over the Sainik Colony issue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said no land has been allotted by the government for such a purpose.

The demand for establishing a Sainik Colony is from state subjects and not the ex-servicemen from outside the state, she told reporters on the occasion of re-opening of the Civil Secretariat the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government here. "No land has been allotted for establishing Sainik Colony. The demand (for Sainik Colony) is not from ex-servicemen from outside the state, but from the state subjects of Jammu and Kashmir. "However, the government, till date, has not allotted any land for it," Mehbooba said.

Reacting to former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's charge that official documents "prove it beyond any reasonable doubt" that the process of identification of land for such colony was initiated twice in 2015 and 2016 by successive PDP-BJP coalition government's led by Mufti Sayeed and Mehbooba, she said no power can go against the special status of the state. "Omar was chief minister of the state.He knows that no power be it the chief minister of the state or the Prime Minister cannot go against the special status of Jammu and Kashmir," she said.

Meanwhile, Omar dared Mehbooba to file a case against him. "@mehbooba_mufti you have accused me of 'rumour mongering & uploading fake images of Govt orders on SM (social media)'. I dare you to file a case TODAY!!! he tweeted.