New Delhi, April 9 -- President of People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mebooba Mufti on Wednesday said that the visit of the Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to Kashmir felt like it was 'designed' and a 'deliberate' one to signal that the views of the Muslims in the county held a little weight.

In a post on X, the PDP President said that the visit to Asia's largest tulip garden felt like a public celebration of the Muslim community's marginalisation and disempowerment.

"After bulldozing the Waqf Amendment Bill through Parliament, Minister Kiran Rijiju strategically chose to visit Kashmir. He was given a red-carpet welcome by the Chief Minister of India's only Muslim majority state - a move that seemed designed & deliberate to signal to the 24 cr...