Meets the management and enrolled students; appeals to the administration to extend support for rebuilding the seminary structure
JK News Today
Srinagar, May 12: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, on Tuesday visited Darul Uloom in the Iqbal Colony, Naik Bagh area of Nowgam in Srinagar, where a fire incident on Monday damaged the seminary property.
He met the management of the Darul Uloom, who informed him about the incident and showed him the damage caused by the fire.
On this occasion, while speaking to reporters, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari appealed to the government to extend financial assistance and provide other support, including timber, for rebuilding the damaged portion of the seminary building.
Meanwhile, responding to a question by a reporter, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari said that it is completely in the hands of the elected government to ban the liquor in Union Territory.
He said, “The way the Government of Tamil Nadu took a strong decision to close hundreds of liquor shops located near temples, schools, and other sensitive places, our government should also step forward with courage and ban liquor here, in accordance with the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.”
He added, “Who is stopping them — the elected government? They have more than 50 MLAs. It is completely within their power to ban liquor here.”
