Srinagar, Sept. 6 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday questioned the installation of the Ashoka emblem plaque at the Hazratbal Shrine, saying government emblems are not used in religious institutions.

Speaking on the controversy, Abdullah said there was no precedent for placing such emblems inside places of worship. "I don't know if I should have put an emblem on that stone or not. I have not seen such an emblem being used in any religious institution or any function," he said while speaking to media persons.

Abdullah, as per the Kashmir News Service (KNS), questioned the decision behind installing the plaque. "What was the compulsion that a stone was used at Hazratbal? Wasn't the work enough? Sheikh Muhammad A...