{"id":37126,"date":"2026-02-20T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:06:32","slug":"dont-politicise-religious-matters-cm-omar-defends-dc-kishtwars-order-on-charity-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Politicise Religious Matters: CM Omar Defends DC Kishtwar\u2019s Order on Charity Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37127\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37127\" src=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-390x220.png 390w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don\u2019t Politicise Religious Matters: CM Omar Defends DC Kishtwar\u2019s Order on Charity Regulation<br \/>Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday urged legislators not to politicise religious issues, clarifying that the recent order issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar to regulate charity donations during Ramadan was based on local inputs and not an arbitrary decision.<br \/>Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister said objections were raised by MLA Bandipora and MLA Bashir Veeri during earlier proceedings, alleging government interference in religious matters. He clarified that the administration acted after concerns were flagged by local religious leaders and community committees.<br \/>\u201cThey collect money in the name of patients or charity, but there is no accountability regarding where the funds are used. Sometimes, it is not even known whether the patient in whose name money is raised is alive or not,\u201d the Chief Minister said.<br \/>He maintained that the objective of the order is to ensure transparency and accountability in charitable collections, and not to interfere with religious practices.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jammu-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t Politicise Religious Matters: CM Omar Defends DC Kishtwar\u2019s Order on Charity Regulation - Daily Taskeen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t Politicise Religious Matters: CM Omar Defends DC Kishtwar\u2019s Order on Charity Regulation - Daily Taskeen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Taskeen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T07:06:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-1024x576.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editor1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126\",\"name\":\"Don\u2019t Politicise Religious Matters: CM Omar Defends DC Kishtwar\u2019s Order on Charity Regulation - Daily Taskeen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436-300x169.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-20T07:06:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6cfa84d9ff0700972e0c05932c80c5a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37126#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1436.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Don\u2019t Politicise Religious Matters: CM Omar Defends DC Kishtwar\u2019s Order on Charity Regulation Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday urged legislators not to politicise religious issues, clarifying that the recent order issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar to regulate charity donations during Ramadan was based on local inputs and not an arbitrary decision. 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