Srinagar, Feb. 1 -- Claiming that the Waqf Amendment Bill is against religious and constitutional rights of Muslims, former J&K chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday wrote to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, urging them to halt the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament.

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), after clearing the Waqf bill, had recently presented it before Parliament. Muslim religious and political leaders have been meeting political parties, making last-ditch attempts to not let the bill pass if put for voting in Parliament.

Both Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu are part of the NDA government. Mufti posted the letters on X that read, "The...