Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- Addressing a news conference here, Lone said that the National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party had collaborated with the Centre to ban FAT schools.

"The law under which action was taken was enacted by the Farooq Abdullah-led government in 1983 and received the Governor's assent on March 23, 1983. The law was first implemented in 1990 when Jagmohan was Governor. The Kashmiri partner in the decision was Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. FAT was first banned when Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was Home Minister," Lone said, adding that the directive to ban FAT schools post-2019 was based on the 1990 ban.

He reiterated that Kashmiri parties had partnered with the Centre to ban FAT schools.

"The ban on FAT schools was imposed post-...