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Why NC remained mute while being in power for 32 years? Seeking revocation of beef ban now 9/20/2015 12:14:22 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 19: The opportunist National Conference, to score political points, has submitted a bill in the assembly seeking revocation of slaughter of bovine animals. However, the party has been accused of remaining mute for 32 years it was in power. After 1947, when the NC patron Sheikh Abdullah assumed power, it didn't even utter a word and took no measure at all to revoke the ban on beef. Even after becoming the chief minister after Indira-Abdullah accord, Sheikh preferred to remain tight lipped and allowed the ban to continue in Jammu and Kashmir. After Sheikh's death in 1982, his son Farooq Abdullah took over as the head of the state. Even during his tenure, he remained mute over the law. Becoming the chief minister of the state once again in 1987 till 1990, Dr Farooq didn't say a word over revoking the ban that was imposed keeping in view the religious sentiments of the people. Even, when NC assumed power with a thumping majority in 1996, the party during its six year tenure has not made a single statement on the floor of the house wherein the revocation of the ban on cow slaughter was mentioned. Then came the grandson of Sheikh Abdullah and Dr Farooq's son- Omar Abdullah in 2008. Omar ruled JK for six years till 2014 but there was no single measure taken to revoke the law on beef ban in the state. The national conference which at present is raising voice over the beef ban, must tax its memory and see whether it has ever thought of revoking the law when it was in power. "It is like the national conference thinks people of JK are the bunch of fools which can be lured through the emotional slogans. What the party forgets is that the time has changed and it can no longer take the people of the state for a ride," said Akram Ali Khan, a university student. The social media in the state is also abuzz with the discussions over NC's desperate attempts to score political points through seeking beef ban while being out of power at present. "When the NC was in power for 32 years, why it didn't revoke the ban and while being in opposition, why it is fanning the communal fires in the state that could put JK on brink of a tormented situation," reads the status of one facebook user namely Fazil Iqbal.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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