Can J&K have a Hindu Chief Minister ? By Deepak Parvatiyar November 18, 2014 The ensuing election in Jammu & Kashmir has fuelled a debate over whether religion should form the basis of the appointment of the chief minister in the state. Sham Lal Sharma, a minister in the Omar Abdullah-led state government stoked the debate stating the next chief minister should be a Hindu. Reports are infiltrating and suggest that the BJP president Amit Shah too has set his eyes on having the first ever Hindu CM in the state. On the other hand, a Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party MLA, Peerzada Mansoor, invited flak from all corners by saying only a Muslim can become the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir since it is a “Muslim majority state” – a view from which his party quickly distanced itself. Even the Congress party has pitched in with its leader and former CM, Ghulam Nabi Azad calling for “a human Chief Minister who feels the pain of the people and tirelessly w
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