No decision on NLU yet but leave it to us: Omar
Jammu, Jan. 13 -- Dismissing allegations of discrimination with Jammu over the proposed National Law University (NLU), chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday asked why similar concerns were not raised when premier institutes like the IIT and IIM were given to Jammu region.
"When Jammu got IIM and IIT, what Kashmir got at that time? Why you people didn't talk about equality at that time? Why you didn't create a controversy then and why you didn't demand that one institute be set up in Jammu and another in Kashmir?," he countered reporters here who asked him about proposed move of his government to establish NLU in Kashmir.
"Now when there is a talk of NLU, you people see start seeing discrimination. Leave it to us. As of now, no decision has been taken about its location. Let us take the decision and then we will see," he added.
Earlier, the CM chaired Jammu district development board meeting at deputy magistrate's office here.
He said that despite fiscal constraints, the government would continue with the budget framework initiated last year, ensure the progress of ongoing schemes, and introduce new initiatives to keep development on track.
"January and February are not the right time to take big decisions as any allocation made now would lapse in March. We have made a review in the meeting. Major decisions will be incorporated in next year's Budget," he said....
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