After tulip stroll with Rijiju, Waqf thorns sprout for Omar Abdullah

SRINAGAR: J&Ok chief minister Omar Abdullah went for morning stroll Monday in Srinagar’s famed Tulip Garden with Union minister Kiran Rijiju, main a prickly opposition within the meeting hours later to slam him over rejection of a movement to debate the Waqf regulation whereas indulging in a stroll with the person who piloted it in Parliament.
Two contrasting photos performed out. Union minority affairs minister Rijiju described his stroll “amid vibrant hues” with Omar and his father, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah, as “refreshing”. Hardly so, chorused People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peoples Conference as they slammed Omar within the meeting over laying out the “red carpet for the BJP minister who introduced the Waqf bill meant to disempower and debilitate Muslims”.
The meeting witnessed extended shouting matches after Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather — who’s from NC — rejected the adjournment movement introduced by 9 legislators to debate the Waqf (Amendment) Act. These included eight NC members.
Rather identified that the Waqf (modification) invoice had now develop into regulation with the President giving consent. Also, the regulation has been challenged within the Supreme Court and meeting guidelines prohibit debates on a sub-judice situation, the Speaker contended.
But NC legislator Tanvir Sadiq, who moved the adjournment movement, cited precedents the place legal guidelines handed by Parliament have been mentioned in assemblies throughout the nation. Punjab and Rajasthan assemblies had mentioned farm payments, Sadiq stated. PDP’s Waheed Parra weighed in, saying Tamil Nadu meeting just lately mentioned the Waqf regulation.
BJP legislators thumped tables, applauding the Speaker. NC legislators waved black bands, railing in opposition to the Waqf Act as a “black law” and elevating Allahu Akbar slogans. BJP MLAs chanted Jai Shri Ram.
PDP president and former CM Mehbooba Mufti accused NC of “meekly surrendering before the BJP” “It’s disappointing that the Speaker has rejected the Waqf motion. Despite securing a strong mandate, the (NC) govt appears to have completely yielded to BJP’s anti-Muslim agenda, cynically attempting to appease both sides,” Mehbooba alleged.
She burdened that “the NC could learn” from Tamil Nadu’s DMK govt and the way in which during which it firmly opposed the Waqf invoice. “In J&K, the only Muslim-majority region, it’s alarming that a supposedly people-centric govt lacks the courage even to debate this critical issue,” Mehbooba added. Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija Mufti echoed the views.
Sajad Lone of People’s Conference hit out at Omar over the backyard stroll, saying the CM of the one Muslim-majority area in India ought to have stayed away from Rijiju. “Instead, he tagged along Farooq sahib as well. What a shame,” Lone stated.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, burdened the distinction with Tamil Nadu. “Tamil Nadu, which only has 6% Muslim population, passed a strong anti-Wakf resolution in its assembly. The assembly Speaker of Muslim majority-J&K is struggling and refusing by hiding behind technicalities to discuss it,” Mirwaiz stated.