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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Book ban imposed by LG, not me: Omar
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday blamed lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha for banning 25 books and said he would 'never ban books'. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah visits a stall during National Tribal Festival-2025, at Gurez Valley in Bandipora on Thursday. (ANI) While responding to a twitter account seeking revocation of the ban, Omar said that the ban was imposed by the home department controlled by the LG. 'Get your facts right before you call me a coward, you ignoramus. The ban has been imposed by the LG using the only department he officially controls - the Home Department. I've never banned books & I never would,' Abdullah said. Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor's order of banning 25 books, some of them by acclaimed national and international authors, has raised many eyebrows and elicited harsh reactions and condemnations. The government's home department has issued a notification for 'forfeiture' of the 25 books to the government written by some prominent and acclaimed authors, political scientists and historians, including AG Noorani, Arundhati Roy, Sumantra Bose, Sugata Bose, Christopher Snedden and Victoria Schofield for allegedly propagating 'false narrative and secessionism' in J&K. Most of these books are written on Kashmir conflict, politics, history and human rights. The order has attracted surprise and condemnation from many circles. The government ordered the forfeiture of the books under section 98 of Bhartiya Nagrika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The forfeited books also include Between Democracy & Nation: Gender and Militarisation in Kashmir by Seema Kazi, Do you Remember Kunan Poshpora? by Essar Batool and Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation and Women's Activism in Kashmir by Ather Zia. The publication of Jamaat-e-Islami founder Moulana Abul A'la Maududi Maududi's Al Jihad fil Islam and Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Banna's Mujahid ki Azan are also on the list. J&K Police on Thursday raided various books shops across the Valley looking for 'prohibited' content and urged the shopkeepers to forfeit the books to the government. During the searches, all bookshop owners were sternly warned against stocking or distributing prohibited content. The Peoples Democratic Party had alleged that it was astonished at the arbitrary and intellectually regressive move by the government to 'forfeit' 25 books it claims promote secessionism.
New Indian Express
6 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Books authored by AG Noorani, Arundhati Roy among 25 works banned by J&K govt for 'glorifying terrorism'
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday ordered the ban of 25 books, including those written by prominent authors, alleging that the works promote "false narratives, glorify terrorism, and incite secessionism." The banned works include late legal luminary and political commentator AG Noorani's The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012, prominent author and activist Arundhati Roy's Azadi, political scientist Sumantra Bose's Kashmir at the Crossroads and journalist Anuradha Bhasin's The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 370. Other noted works include Do you Remember Kunan Poshpora by Essar Batool &others, USA and Kashmir by Dr. Shamshad Shan, Freedom Captivity (Negotiations of belonging along Kashmiri Frontier) by Radhika Gupta, Mujahid ki Azaan by Imaam Hasan-Al Bana, Kashmir in Conflict (India, Pakistan and the unending War) by Victoria Schofield, Seema Kazi's Between Democracy and Nation (Gender and Militarization in Kashmir) and Independent Kashmir by Christopher Snedden. A notification issued by the Home Department said investigations and intelligence inputs indicated that the publications played a "critical role" in "misguiding the youth, glorifying terrorism and inciting violence against the Indian State."
New Indian Express
6 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Books authored by AG Noorani, Arundhati Roy among 25 works banned by J&K Police for 'glorifying terrorism'
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday ordered the ban of 25 books, including those written by prominent authors, alleging that the works promote "false narratives, glorify terrorism, and incite secessionism." The banned works include late legal luminary and political commentator AG Noorani's The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012, prominent author and activist Arundhati Roy's Azadi, political scientist Sumantra Bose's Kashmir at the Crossroads and journalist Anuradha Bhasin's The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 370. Other noted works include Do you Remember Kunan Poshpora by Essar Batool &others, USA and Kashmir by Dr. Shamshad Shan, Freedom Captivity (Negotiations of belonging along Kashmiri Frontier) by Radhika Gupta, Mujahid ki Azaan by Imaam Hasan-Al Bana, Kashmir in Conflict (India, Pakistan and the unending War) by Victoria Schofield, Seema Kazi's Between Democracy and Nation (Gender and Militarization in Kashmir) and Independent Kashmir by Christopher Snedden. A notification issued by the Home Department said investigations and intelligence inputs indicated that the publications played a "critical role" in "misguiding the youth, glorifying terrorism and inciting violence against the Indian State."
