Srinagar, Aug. 9 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday blamed lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha for banning 25 books and said he would "never ban books".

While responding to a twitter account seeking revocation of the ban, Omar said that the ban was imposed by the home department controlled by the LG.

"Get your facts right before you call me a coward, you ignoramus. The ban has been imposed by the LG using the only department he officially controls - the Home Department. I've never banned books & I never would," Abdullah said.

Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor's order of banning 25 books, some of them by acclaimed national and international authors, has raised many eyebrows and elicited harsh reactions and conde...