Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the authorities for disallowing Eid prayers at Eidgah and Jama Masjid in Srinagar, questioning claims of normalcy. He criticized the barring of prayer practices, which has not occurred even during the peak of 1990s militancy. Mirwaiz questioned the motivation behind such restrictions on Kashmiri Muslims' religious rights.