Jammu, April 7 -- Congress MLA Irfan Hafeez Lone on Monday said that the party is against the Waqf Amendment Act, adding that this Act is an attack on secularism and federalism.

"We want to tell the nation that we are against this Act. This is an attack on secularism and federalism. This way (with black cloth), we are registering our protest. We will continue to show our protest," Lone told ANI.

He also accused the Centre of "brazenly violating" the rule of law, federalism, and secularism over the issue of the Waqf Amendment Act, adding that the said act is a violation of the Constitution, democracy, and the rule of law.

"It is a violation of the Constitution, democracy, and rule of law... Numbers do not matter in a democracy. They sho...