Waqf row: Omar faces Oppn flak for 'rolling out red carpet' for Rijiju

Opposition leaders of Kashmir on Monday criticised chief minister Omar Abdullah for "rolling out the red carpet" for Union parliamentary and minorities affairs minister Kiren Rijiju in Srinagar even after he introduced the Waqf bill in Parliament last week that was passed by majority vote.

- Mir Ehsan

SRINAGAR: Opposition leaders of Kashmir on Monday criticised chief minister Omar Abdullah for "rolling out the red carpet" for Union parliamentary and minorities affairs minister Kiren Rijiju in Srinagar even after he introduced the Waqf bill in Parliament last week that was passed by majority vote.

People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti posted on X, "What's left to say when the chief minister of India's only Muslim-majority state gives a red-carpet welcome to the BJP minister who introduced the Waqf bill meant to disempower and debilitate Muslims? Stands in stark contrast to Tamil Nadu CM (Stalin), who showed spine by swiftly introducing a resolution against the Waqf bill. Instead, he tags along Farooq (Abdullah) sahib as well. What a shame."