The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also announced the designation of four branches of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) — specifically, JKPL (Mukhtar Ahmed Waza), JKPL (Bashir Ahmad Tota), JKPL (Ghulam Mohammad Khan), and JKPL (Aziz Sheikh) under the leadership of Yaqoob Sheikh — as 'Unlawful Associations'.
Senior medical experts are of the view that cotton candy is not cancer-producing, but the usage of chemicals such as ‘Rhodamine- B’ which gives a pink colour to the candy should be stopped and hence banning the candy itself is not a solution.