Srinagar, Aug. 3 -- Don't Just Oppose BJP, What About Congress? Hakeem Yaseen Asks NC

Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) President and former Minister Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen on Saturday accused Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and Congress of political hypocrisy and selective outrage, questioning its decision to observe August 5 as a Black Day while conveniently ignoring August 9, the day when Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was arrested in 1953 by the then Congress-led government.

Addressing a well-attended party convention in Wetred Kachwari, Khansahib, Yaseen said that while the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, deserves condemnation and resistance, JKNC's silence on the betrayal of its own founder in 1953 reflects a doub...