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| No visible support for BJP's Mission 44+ in Kashmir | | Candidates fail to draw big crowds | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 19: Dismal past and repeated statements about abrogation of Article 370 has put BJP in a tight spot in Kashmir so much so that the mission 44 + may remain unachieved. The BJP candidates compared to regional political parties have so far failed to pull crowd in their rallies.
Mission 44+ which is impossible without securing seats from Kashmir as well with Jammu and Ladakh regions of the state, BJP leaders which include National general secretary, Ram Madhav, MoS in PMO Dr Jitendra Singh and PS Gill who more often meet local leaders of the BJP in Kashmir, use all means and measures to fetch up some seats from Kashmir valley.
However, the much debated issue of Article 370 which BJP sold during Lok Sabha elections in Jammu region is playing spoil sport for BJP candidates campaigning in Kashmir these days. Kashmir which plays a key role in Government formation in the state has forced BJP leadership to eye migrant votes of Kashmiri Pandits in Habbakadal, Amirakadal and Khanyar in Srinagar District and volatile Sopore and Tral. Howeve... | |
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| As flood hit people receive meagre compensation, coalition Govt's credibility continues to be hit badly | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 19: As the officials of Revenue department are busy in handing over cheques to the flood affected people across Kashmir the credibility of Omar Abdullah led coalition government in the state is taking a serious hit with every passing day.
The people who have been badly affected by flood have accused the state government of adding insult to their injury by providing them 'peanuts' through the medium of compensation cheques. Most of the people have raised revolt against the people at helm and resolved to root them out of power as elections are round the corner.
"There is a serious lacuna as far as distribution of relief is concerned. The af... | |
| | | | 2 years on, department fails to take action on complaints | | vPDD employee secured job on forged documents | | | Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: Call it apathy or connivance, the Power Development Department (PDD) has failed to act against a cheater, who managed to secure job in the department on the basis of forged documents, even after the lapse of two years since the revelation of this fraud.
Documents in possession of Early Times reveal that one Sadhu Ram son of Punnu Ram resident of House No 28 Ward No 7 Bishnah, who is presently posted at Bishnah with the office of AEE Maintenance and RE Sub Division No IV managed to secure job in PDD by forging his name as Kaka Ram in his school leaving certificate and Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC).
The documents further revealed that... | |
| | | | NC finds it difficult to sell autonomy slogan | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: The National Conference finds it difficult to sell the autonomy slogan to woo the voters across state especially in Kashmir valley. Autonomy was used as a rhetoric by NC for many years right from 1996 when this party won the Assembly elections with a thumping majority. The autonomy was an important slogan during those days and it was basically used to counter the azadi slogan of separatists. The NC leaders tried to emotionally blackmail the people of Valley with this slogan but when the time came to implement it , the party could not even discuss this matter with the Govt of India inspite of the fact that J&K Assembly had adopted a resolution vis a vis r... | |
| | | | Divided from within, Congress accuses BJP of pursuing divisive agenda | | | | Sunny Bhat
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: Terming it a dangerous prak that could have far reaching ramifications across the country, Congress today accused BJP of polarizing the state for vote bank politics and making a bid to saffronize the state. Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and former Union Minister Ambica Soni while addressing a press conference said that BJP and RSS had a sinister divisive agenda and RSS cadre was working overtime to affect this divide in Kashmir as well as in the Chenab valley.
Ambica Soni said that while Congress has always stood and made sacrifices to preserve the pluralistic ethos of the country, BJP had been dividing the people on religious lines. ... | |
| | | | Feeble Cong fails to conceal cracks | | | | Cracks were visible distinctly within the Congress leadership even as the party is facing an uphill task to save its credibility and political legacy ahead of the crucial elections to the State Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.
Former Chief Minister and Ghulam Nabi Azad and JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz did not only speak in different voices, their efforts to avoid each other were little too conspicuous.
While Soz failed to make it to the press conference when Azad and Ambica Soni were addressing the scribes, Azad left the conference as soon as Soz entered the venue only to join at the tea that followed the event. Besides, Soz who spoke in the absence of Azad did not make a single mention ... | |
| | | | Aga's divorce notice to wife worries Omar | | `Notice has split Shia votes' | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 19: A divorce notice by a Shia Cabinet Minister and young National Conference (NC) leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi to his wife is likely to cast a shadow on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah poll prospects in central Kashmir's Beerwah constituency.
The main reason behind Abdullah's decision to switch from Ganderbal to Beerwah was the consolidation of Shia votes in Budgam district, which has significant Shia population. Omar is also contesting from Sonawar constituency.
There are three influential Shia groups here - Mustafis headed by Aga Syed Hassan, Moulvies of late Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari and Mehmoodies of Aga Syed Mehmood.
However, the decision of Sta... | |
| | | | PDP wave may prove too much for Omar in Beerwah | | | | Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 19: The Beerwah constituency in Central Kashmir's Budgam District is in news because Chief Minister and National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah has decided to contest from here.
Beerwah comprises of four tehsils, viz, Khag, Beerwah, Narbal and Magam. Beerwah has 119 polling stations in total. Number of migrant votes in the constituency is just above 700.
Political and social activists and prominent citizens from Beerwah constituency maintain that there will be neck to neck contest between People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Dr Mohammad Shafi Wani and Omar Abdullah. Nazir Ahmad Khan of Congress will make the contest more int... | |
| | | | Doctoring voter lists for unfair gains | | ECI guidelines violated with impunity | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
Early Times Report
KUPWARA, Nov 19: in a brazen violation of norms laid down by Election Commission of India, private company employees working in District Election Office in Kupwara district of North Kashmir have enlisted the names of voters who actually belongs to Baramulla district, only to get the benefit of backward area certificates and other documents.
According to sources, "the employees of private company who are working in formation of election cards and registration of voters in district Kupwara have violated the norms laid down by Election Commission of India (ECI) by enlisting the names of residents of Baramulla in Kupwara districts.
A social activist fro... | |
| | | | Three months after Apex Court direction, Govt fails to frame policy for welfare of transgenders | | | | GS Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: Three months, since Supreme Court of India issued directions to frame a comprehensive policy for welfare of transgenders, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has failed to initiate a process towards such a sensitive issue.
Sources informed that in the backdrop of directions passed by Apex Court the State Government had constituted a 12-member committee, headed by Chief Secretary, to examine the formulation of state policy on trans-genders.
They said that apart from holding one meeting nothing has been done so far. The committee constituted to formulate the policy comprised administrative secretaries of 11 departments.
"The committee, according ... | |
| | | | PDP alone can counter BJP's divisive agenda: Mufti Sayeed | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 19 : PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today filed his nomination papers for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, and said only his party can counter the BJP's "divisive agenda". Sayeed, who is also the Peoples Democratic Party's chief ministerial candidate, filed his papers for the Anantnag constituency.
"The divisive agenda of the BJP and its allies in Jammu and Kashmir can be counter-checked only through a decisive vote," Sayeed told a large gatherin... | |
| | | | Cong as the target Sajad Lone's supporters | | Meeting with PM | | |
Neha
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 19: It is too well known that the recent meeting between Prime Minister NarendraModi and Peoples Conference (PC) chairman Sajad Lone at 7 Race Course had not gone down well with many Kashmiri leaders, including JKPCC chief Saif-Ud-Din Soz. They had accused Sajad Lone of bartering the interests of Kashmir to fulfill his own political ambitions. Besides, certain Kashmiri commentators and critic of the BJP-led government at the centre and Sajad Lone had claimed that the meeting between the two would harm the PC, which is contesting the assembly elections in many constituencies.
Interestingly, Sajad Lone has got support for what he did from a Kashmir-... | |
| | | | Article 370 a national issue, not state matter: Rajnath Singh | | Dignified return of KPs, rights to refugees on top agenda of BJP | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Nov 19:- Ahead of first phase polling in Jammu and Kashmir on 25th of November 2014, former Bhartiya Janta Party President and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today addressed two high profile election rallies in Paddar, Kishtwar, and at Bhaderwah and raised a strong voice for achieving "Mission 44 plus" to form party's first government in Jammu and Kashmir after sweeping parliament elections, Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections. While addressing a mammoth public rally at Gulabgard, Paddar, he said that National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party and Congress are raising article 370 issue again and again only to divert the atten... | |
| | | | Two ventilators of DH Udhampur gathering dust for want of staff | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: Notwithstanding demand for opening of more medical colleges and health institutions in Jammu and Kashmir, the existing Government Medical Colleges and their Associated Hospitals are on crutches due to acute shortage of faculty members and para-medical staff. Even health institutions in districts are in the state of paralysis because of huge number of posts lying vacant.
District hospital Udha-mpur is one of the example that have exposed all the claims of government, as four months on two ventilators which were installed in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cardiac Care Unit(CCU) are gathering dust due to shortage of doctors.
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| | | | Jandial demits office, PSC becomes headless & memberless | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: K B Jandial, the lone and last member of the 8-member Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission also demitted office leaving the constitutional recruitment body headless and member-less. This is for the first time in the history of the State that the Commission which was constituted under Section 128 of the J&K Constitution the body has been rendered memberless, thanks the apathy of the NC-Congress coalition Govt to various statutory and constitutional bodies. The Govt which is known for casualness and indifferent failed to fill the vacancies in PSC first accruing on December 29, 2009 followed by three more vacancies on May 29, 2011 and fifth on Janua... | |
| | | | After 6-years, Cong finds Omar 'incapable' | | 'Party leaders took advantage of CM's incompetence to fill their coffers' | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 19: As the polling days are coming closer Congress leaders are openly blaming the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his party National Conference for poor governance and all other misdeeds.
The national spokesperson of the Congress party Rashid Alvi who is presently in Kashmir campaigning for the party termed Omar as "incapable" and said that he (Omar) failed in every sphere especially on development front.
An analyst while talking to Early Times alleged, "Congress ministers and leaders took full advantage of Omar's incompetence and minted money. They left no chance to grab every opportunity which came in their way. They looted the state in every pos... | |
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