Srinagar, Oct 18: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday announced that his government would revoke the Public Safety Act (PSA) immediately after the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, describing it as one of the key promises of the National Conference’s (NC) election manifesto.

Addressing a news conference in Srinagar, CM Omar said that the government would not even wait for the Assembly session to repeal the law and would instead issue an ordinance to scrap it.

“When we made the party manifesto public, I asserted that many points flagged there can only be fulfilled once we have statehood. This is a fact because security and law and order fall under the Lieutenant Governor’s jurisdiction. I reiterate, once statehood is restored, our government will revoke the PSA from J&K,”

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