Srinagar, April 16 -- Peoples Conference (PC) President and Handwara MLA Sajad Gani Lone on Monday accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference (NC) legislators of deliberately derailing the Assembly's discussion on the Waqf Bill.

Lone said the disruption was scripted to prevent the passage of a resolution that would have held political significance for Muslims in India.

Referring to the statement made by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, wherein he admitted his party legislators committed a mistake by filing the Waqf Bill discussion under an adjournment motion instead of a government resolution, Lone, in a detailed post on X said, reminded Abdullah that he had already pointed out the same procedural error on April 7, but ...