Jammu, April 9 -- Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Wednesday slammed the ruling National Conference's stance on the Waqf Amendment Act, saying that the party opposed the act because of its vested interest in keeping the status quo.

"National Conference's pain on the Waqf exists from the time of Sheikh Abdullah. Ever since independence, the National Conference has administered the Waqf in J&K. Their own office is on Waqf land," Sharma told ANI.

"There are many offices and landholdings with their relatives and workers, which belong to the Waqf, and they are scared of being questioned on that. A common, poor, and oppressed Muslim has no problem with it. He is happy with the bill," he added.

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