Waqf Act: Oppn Events Slam Omar Abdullah For Rolling Out Crimson Carpet For Rijiju Amid Row Over Invoice | India Information
J&Ok Information: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday met Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at Asia’s largest Tulip Backyard right here, a gathering which drew flak from opposition events which dubbed it as “Waqf regulation bonhomie”. Nationwide Convention president Farooq Abdullah was additionally current in the course of the assembly.
Opposition events within the Jammu and Kashmir took a dig at CM Omar Abdullah and Nationwide Convention Patron Farooq Abdullah for becoming a member of the Union Minority Minister Kiren Rijiju at Asia’s largest Tulip Backyard in Srinagar.
The Minority Minister had mentioned that “A refreshing morning stroll amid the colourful hues of the Tulip Backyard in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, with Hon’ble CM Shri @OmarAbdullah ji and glad to satisfy Dr Farooq Abdullah Sahab. Nature at its most interesting & conversations stuffed with heat & imaginative and prescient, a really particular morning.”
Tending to a Tulip backyard is not simple in any respect. From planting & upkeep to making sure the proper blooms requires particular care & hardwork.
The backyard wants 11 months of preparation to showcase the tulips for a month-long bloom.
Extending my gratitude to the whole crew! https://t.co/s1DNzfFRqc pic.twitter.com/teoffqYxQv
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) April 7, 2025
Nevertheless, the political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have began questioning Omar Abdullah saying that the Minority Affairs minister launched the WAQF invoice within the parliament and Omar is rolling the purple carpet for him.
Jammu and Kashmir Individuals’s Convention chief Sajad alone mentioned That “The least Muslims of India deserved was that in J and Ok, the one Muslim majority province in India, the CM as a mark of protest stays away from Mr Kiren Rijju, who introduced the waqf invoice. As an alternative, he tags alongside Farooq sahib as effectively. What a disgrace.”
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti’s Daughter Iltija Mufti additionally criticized the transfer and mentioned “What’s left to say when the Chief Minister of India’s solely Muslim majority state offers a red-carpet welcome to the BJP minister who launched the Waqf invoice meant to disempower & debilitate Muslims? Stands in stark distinction to the Tamil Nadu CM who confirmed backbone by swiftly introducing a decision in opposition to the Waqf invoice.”
In the meantime, Mehbooba Mufti spoke in regards to the WAQF movement not being allowed by the speaker within the JK Meeting. “It’s profoundly disappointing that the speaker of the J & Ok Meeting has rejected the movement on the Waqf Invoice. Regardless of securing a powerful mandate, the federal government seems to have fully yielded to the BJP’s anti-Muslim agenda, cynically making an attempt to appease either side. The Nationwide Convention (NC) might study from Tamil Nadu’s authorities, which has firmly opposed the Waqf Invoice. In J&Ok, the one Muslim-majority area, it’s alarming {that a} supposedly people-centric authorities lacks the braveness even to debate this important problem.”
In the meantime other than mainstream political events separatist additionally focused authorities Mirwaiz Umar Farooq wrote on X “ It’s ridiculous and condemnable that Tamil Nadu which solely has 6% Muslim inhabitants, passes a powerful anti Wakf decision in its meeting, whereas the Muslim majority J&Ok meeting speaker is struggling and refusing , by hiding behind technicalities, to debate this deeply concerting problem for the Muslims of the state. The speaker would know that the robust peoples mandate given to his get together was exactly as a result of the get together had promised to safeguard the pursuits of the individuals being trampled upon since August 2019 and take a stand for them in important issues. Why is he capitulating so meekly ?”.
