Terming state government as party to the court order on beef, both National Conference and Congress Friday said that Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed should come clear on his stand over the issue. The two opposition parties also slammed Law Minister for his “stoic silence” over the issue “as it was none other than their own Deputy Advocate General who has filled the petition before court which later order ban on the consumption of beef.”
Talking to KNS, state Congress chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir said that the government has completely failed people of Jammu and Kashmir and that is why the communal issues are being stoked to divert the attention of people. He said the High Court has sought status report on the trade of bovine animals a month before the actual order of banning the beef. “Was government, particularly the law minister, sleeping all this time?Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelCouldn’t they have tried to prevent this controversy,” he said. “Actually government is party to this controversial order as the communally charged atmosphere in the state suits both to BJP and PDP,” added Mir.
National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said that state government was hell bent on dividing people on religious lines and added that his party will “never allow such designs to succeed”. “Our party will bring a private members bill in the Legislative Assembly against the law that bans beef consumption in the state,” he told KNS, adding that NC was in consultation with legal experts on the issue.
Meanwhile, NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah called a meeting of all party functionaries here today to discuss the burning issue.