NC Leader Meets Mirwaiz, Discusses Proposed Waqf Amendment Bill

National Conference (NC) Member of Parliament Ruhullah Mehdi and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq held a surprise meeting in New Delhi and discussed the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill, religious freedom of Muslims in the country, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir post 2019 and the plight of youth of Kashmir who are in jails.

- Ashiq Hussain

SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) Member of Parliament Ruhullah Mehdi and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq held a surprise meeting in New Delhi and discussed the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill, religious freedom of Muslims in the country, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir post 2019 and the plight of youth of Kashmir who are in jails.

The two discussed a joint effort for the rejection of the Waqf Amendment Bill inside and outside Parliament—legislatively and politically—by meeting important political players.

Mirwaiz confirmed to HT that Mehdi came to visit him on Wednesday.

"He is in Delhi for the Parliament session. There was a deliberation on the Waqf Bill and the current situation in J&K," Mirwaiz said.

Mirwaiz, who has been in Delhi since January 24 after his meeting with the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill, also held a series of meetings with various leaders, including MP Asaduddin Owaisi and Maulana Mehmood Madni, president of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind. He also held meetings on Thursday.