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| Congress in dock, again | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 12
The delimitation issue has one again put the government in dock and the Congress is up for suffering on this account politically in Jammu region.
Hours after the Jammu and Kashmir government assured the people that it would table a bill to constitute a delimitation commission to raise by 25 percent the assembly seats from the existing 87, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed out of its commitment.
The PDP has communicated to the Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, late Thursday evening that the party is not ready to support the delimitation commission bill at this point of time.
"We have made it plain clear to our Congr... | |
| | | | ‘PCs to credit for turnaround’ | | Azad believed reconstruction will bring peace | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 12
If there are some positive developments in Jammu and Kashmir on the fronts of peace and prosperity, the credit goes to “two PCs” –Planning Commission and P Chidambram, the Union Finance Minister.
This is what Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today when annual plan for Jammu and Kashmir was fixed at Rs 4500 Crores.
Azad said that the answers to the problems prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir lies in economic reconstruction. He said that the peace is now all prevalent in the state and this has happened due to the support of the Planning Commission and Finance Ministry which is headed by P Chidambram.
According to an official spokesman, making a str... | |
| | | | Officers gathering details for CM | | Azad to reply debate on motion of thanks point-wise | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 12
After four days of marathon speech in favour of and against the achievements of government highlighted by the Governor in his address to the joint sitting of state legislature last Monday, at the weekend entire official machinery of the state was seen making hectic efforts to gather even minutest details for the Chief Minister’s reply.
When the Legislative Assembly meets after weekend’s break, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will have to reply the debate on motion of thanks on the Governor’s address. The debate on the motion of thanks have evoked a keen interest among the watchers of the proceedings, as the treasury benches have made high claims o... | |
| | | | NC seeks sacking of corrupt Minister | | Opposition to move adjournment motion on corruption | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 12
Taking the government heads on over its most ambitious campaign, the Opposition National Conference has decided to move an adjournment motion in the legislative assembly against the alleged rampant corruption at all levels of administration.
Reacting to allegations made by a legislator against a Minister, the leader of the Opposition Abdul Rahim Rather said that his party will stall proceedings of the assembly until the corrupt minister resigns. Rather did not mention the name of the Minister who was accused by the MLA of demanding bribe from him.
On the issue of the charges levelled by an independent legislator, Shoaib Lone, in the assembly Friday... | |
| | | | Azad vows not to give up his campaign against corruption | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 12
Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has reiterated his commitment to weed out corruption, is faced with a piquant situation following reports that those against whom he initiated action had started joining political parties.
While honouring honest officials at a function organized by the Vigilance Organization here yesterday, the Chief Minister said that “I have accepted to come to the state to head the Government simply to throw out the corrupt from the state administration.”
He was addressing vigilance officials at a time when one independent MLA was accusing a Minister of having charged Rs 40,000 for clearing the file of his sister on the floor... | |
| | | | Shoab Lone's sensational allegations in assembly | | A litmus test of Azad's claim of crusade against corruption | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Jan 12
Ironically enough round the time Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was making a tall claim of his all out war on corruption, stating that it was the prevalence of corruption in the state that forced him to come to J&K, leaving behind his political role at the national level and reiterating his resolve to bring J&K out of the morass of corruption, an independent MLA Mohammad Shoab Lone, the young son of assassinated PDP MLA from Sangrama, Ghulam Nabi Lone who was Minister of State for Education in the Mufti government, was blasting all the claims of corruption being controlled, by alleging that a Cabinet Minister in the Azad led government had... | |
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