Srinagar: Amid a controversy over the Sainik Colony issue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today 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 - can go against the special status of Jammu and Kashmir," she said.
Mehbooba said she hoped that Omar has proof and has not committed a "mistake" by levelling "false accusations".
"I hope that Omar, because he is not a common man but has been a chief minister, has not repeated his mistake as he has referred to some papers.
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.
Omar said if the chief minister had "guts" and believed that the image, uploaded by him on Twitter of an order allegedly by State's Home Department, was fake, she should immediately file a case against him.
"If you have the guts & truly believe this image is fake file a case against me in the nearest police station TODAY!!" he said.
Omar said if the chief minister does not file the case, then people of the state would know who is "lying".
"If you (Mehbooba) haven't filed a case against me in the next 24 hours the people will know who is lying in this matter @mehbooba_mufti. Truth prevails," he wrote.
