{"id":94986,"date":"2026-05-16T00:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=94986"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T19:26:53","slug":"bjp-to-stage-protest-against-wine-shops-in-kashmir-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/bjp-to-stage-protest-against-wine-shops-in-kashmir-today\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP to stage protest against wine shops in Kashmir today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liquor sale a &#8220;direct assault&#8221; on Kashmir&#8217;s ethos : Party Spokesperson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Accuses National Conference of defending alcohol promotion<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, May 15: The Bharatiya Janata Party\u2019s (BJP) Kashmir unit will hold a protest march here on Friday against the operation of wine shops in the valley, demanding a complete prohibition on the sale and purchase of liquor in the Kashmir division.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The march is scheduled to commence at 10 AM from Ram Munshibagh in Sonwar and proceed towards the residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at Gupkar, a party spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling National Conference (NC) was also targeted by the party, which accused it of defending the sale and promotion of alcohol in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sale of liquor in the Kashmir Valley is a direct assault on our social and religious ethos. We demand an immediate and complete ban on wine shops across the Kashmir division,\u201d BJP state co-media incharge Advocate Sajid Yousuf Shah told news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He further alleged that the National Conference was defending the sale and promotion of alcohol, adding that the people of Kashmir have \u201crepeatedly rejected such vices\u201d. (KNS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liquor sale a &ldquo;direct assault&rdquo; on Kashmir&rsquo;s ethos : Party Spokesperson Accuses National Conference of defending alcohol promotion Srinagar, May 15: The Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s (BJP) Kashmir unit will hold a protest march here on Friday against the operation of wine shops in the valley, demanding a complete prohibition on the sale and purchase of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94988,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94986\/revisions\/94988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}