Srinagar, April 9 -- Court Petition No Cover for Assembly Silence

Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen, President of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) and former minister, on Wednesday said that ruling party deliberately skipped the discussion on the controversial Waqf Amendment Bill in assembly to please BJP.

In a statement issued here, Hakeem Yaseen welcomed the move by some national political parties and Srinagar MP Syed Aga Ruhullah, who individually approached the court by filing writ petitions against the bill. But he said this principled stand only exposed the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference's (JKNC)'s duplicity and dangerous silence in the Assembly.

"By avoiding the debate, the NC has openly surrendered before the BJ...