Srinagar, Sept. 6 -- The lieutenant governor (LG) Manoj Sinha's administration faced backlash from the political parties and religious leaders in Jammu and Kashmir for not rescheduling the holiday on Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi despite requests.

Muslim holidays are subject to the appearance of the moon and keep on shifting depending on whether the moon is sighted on the 29th or 30th of every lunar month.

The J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah blamed the LG administration for not shifting the Eid Milad Un Nabi holiday to its actual day--Saturday--and said the decision was aimed to hurt sentiments of the people.

Eid Milad un Nabi -birthday of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) - falls on Saturday, however in the government gazette the holiday was mentioned on...