The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on August 28 questioned the BJP-run J&K Waqf Board’s move to centralise recruitment of preachers in shrines and mosques in the Union Territory (UT) and replace old preachers with “well-qualified” younger ones.
“It appears like an attempt to implement the agenda of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is seeking control of mosques and khanqahs in Jammu and Kashmir,” PDP chief spokesperson Syed Suhail Bukhari said.