Srinagar May 11 (KNS):  Reacting to the Supreme Court order of putting on hold the colonial era provision of sedition in abeyance, the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Ghulam Ahmad Wednesday said the criticism of wrong policies cannot be repressed.

Mir welcomed SC order terming it as historical, in the larger interest of the Nation.

In a statement JKPCC President Ghulam Ahmad Mir termed the order of the Supreme Court as historical and said putting sedition law in abeyance is a step in right direction.

Nation can no longer follow the dreaded colonial era provisions, neither it will compromise on suppressing the genuine voices under the garb of sedition laws, Ghulam Ahmad Mir added.(KNS)