Srinagar, March 12 -- The Centre had on Tuesday banned the AAC, headed by Kashmir's influential cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Shia leader Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari-led JKIM for five years for their alleged anti-national activities.

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday questioned the "silence" of the NC government over the decision, saying the people had expectations from the elected government that it would safeguard them, "but quite the opposite is happening".

"Earlier, the BJP banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), it was done under the LG rule and we could not do anything about it, but we raised our voices. Today, when there is a people's government, more atrocities are happening and the ruling party is silent and not doing anything. ...