Jammu: In the following days of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, it was announced that the Indus Jal would be taken through canals to Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan within three years, J&P Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed sharing such a flow with other states.Omar said, “I will never allow it (remove water in other states from Jammu and Kashmir). Let’s use your water for yourself first.”Shah announced a canal plan in Pachmari, Madhya Pradesh on 14 June, which was followed by the Indus Water Treaty with the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan in Pakistan after the Pahgam attack on 22 April.Speaking on the banks of the opening of an outreach office in Jammu on Friday, Omar made it clear that he would not allow any proposal to make any proposal canal and remove surplus water in other states. J&K Chief Minister said, “I am not going to approve. We should be allowed to use our water first, then we will talk about others.”In the three states mentioned in the water-sharing scheme, the CM specifically questioned the inclusion of Punjab. “Why should I send water to Punjab? Punjab already has water under the Indus Water Treaty. Did they give us water when we needed it?” Omar said.In the three states mentioned in the water-sharing scheme, the CM specifically questioned the inclusion of Punjab. “Why should I send water to Punjab? Punjab already has water under the Indus Water Treaty. Did they give us water when we needed it?” Omar said. He alleged that Punjab waited for two major projects, Usa Shahpur Kandi for years. Omar said, “The water of three rivers is for us. We will use it for ourselves and then think about others.”The CM slammed PDP president Mehboba Mufti and the head of the People’s Conference Sajjad Lone on high reservation in Jammu and Kashmir to criticize his National Conference (Nekan) government, both were politicizing the issue. “Where was she when she got an opportunity to increase the issue?” Omar asked. This confusion was Mehboba’s tenure as Chief Minister in an alliance with BJP from 2016 to 2018.Omar said that a cabinet sub-committee established by his government had submitted its report on reservation and the Law Department was investigating it.Asked if his government would transfer the Supreme Court to restore the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar hoped that PM Narendra Modi and the Center would stand by his commitment on such a step. CM said, “We will see whether we have to go legally or not, but till then, we are waiting for the Prime Minister and the Home Minister (Shah) as they have assured that the state will be restored.”
