{"id":27897,"date":"2026-09-23T19:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=27897"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:09:29","slug":"jk-elected-govt-has-no-say-in-book-ban-omar-abdullah-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=27897","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K elected govt has no say in book ban: Omar Abdullah | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134444942,imgsize-1147323,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/omar-abdullah-4.jpg\" alt=\"J&amp;K elected govt has no say in book ban: Omar Abdullah\" title=\"Omar Abdullah\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: J&amp;K CM <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/omar-abdullah\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omar Abdullah<\/a> said Wednesday his elected govt had no role in deciding which books are banned or withdrawn from libraries, distancing his administration from the removal of 4,249 books after a screening of more than 21 lakh volumes across the Union territory over the past two months.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cI have my own views on whether books should be banned or not. But unfortunately, in the current system we in the elected govt don\u2019t get to decide these things,\u201d Omar said. \u201cThen we will take a fresh look at what\u2019s happening,\u201d he said, referring to a future change in the administrative set-up.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Home department, which handles law and order and security in the Union territory, reports directly to lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha. <!-- -->Omar did not clarify whether the book-removal order came from home department or education department under elected govt.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>A year ago, home department banned 25 books on Kashmir for allegedly promoting \u201ca false narrative\u201d, \u201csecessionism\u201d and \u201canti-national\u201d views. The total number of banned and withdrawn books swelled to 518 since then.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Omar\u2019s remarks came after Hurriyat Conference chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq questioned who decided that thousands of books, including almost 4,000 from the Kashmir region, were objectionable and demanded that their titles and reasons for removal be made public. Writing on X, he asked: \u201cBy withdrawing these books whose agenda is the elected govt implementing, its own or someone else\u2019s?\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Farooq held Omar govt responsible because education department and universities separately ordered in July screening of all new and old books in offices, classrooms, staff rooms and libraries for \u201cobjectionable content\u201d after home department withdrew two volumes it called \u201chighly inappropriate\u201d. More than 21 lakh books were screened and over 4,000 titles removed from libraries since the orders were issued, education minister Sakina Itoo told the assembly Tuesday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/jk-elected-govt-has-no-say-in-book-ban-omar-abdullah\/articleshow\/134444869.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR: J&amp;K CM Omar Abdullah said Wednesday his elected govt had no role in deciding which books are banned or withdrawn from libraries, distancing his administration from the removal of 4,249 books after a screening of more than 21 lakh volumes across the Union territory over the past two months.\u201cI have my own views on 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