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| PDP hits back at Governor for his situation assessment | | 'Your words out of place, His Excellency' | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 27
As already expected, the Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has hit back at the Governor SK Sinha for his assessment of the security situation and troop strength in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement issued from New Delhi, Mehbooba said that the Governor's statement and comparison of situation is not only surprising but also out of place. The Governor, in his Republic Day message issued on January 25 and then in his speech yesterday had said that the troop to population ratio in Jammu and Kashmir was lower than Tibet and Waziristan.
Hitting back at the Governor, Mehbooba said that our actions can not be guided by the situation in Tibet ... | |
| | | | Qazi tries to divert attention from Kundal Committee Report: Ch. Ramzan | | `All appointments during NC tenure made in accordance of rules' | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 27
Claiming that the appointments made by him in the year 1996 were in no way illegal, Former Forest Minister and NC leader Chowdery Muhammad Ramzan today alleged that `frustrated' forest minister Qazi Muhammad Afzal was trying to divert the attention of people from publicized Kundal Committee report which has indicted him (Qazi) for the misappropriations, bungling and mismanagement in the department.
Addressing a press conference, here today, Ramzan alleged that the present forest minister Qazi Muhammad Afzal was knee deep in corruption and should resign from the cabinet on moral grounds.
Claiming that the appointments made in the department in the year... | |
| | | | Hubbub on Floor returns today | | No calm in assembly likely, NC ups ante | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 27
When the legislative assembly meets tomorrow after a short break from the noise and chaos, things are not expected to assume the order of semblance despite many efforts to subdue the National Conference protest.
The entire opposition is fuming and is in no mood to allow a smooth business of the assembly even as the Speaker had to adjourn the House for few days to cool down tempers. The National Conference has been demanding a discussion on the Kundal committee report which had probed irregularities in the Forest department.
Even though, before adjournment of House on Thursday, the Government had expressed its consent to hold a discussion on the report... | |
| | | | …meanwhile Farooq is enjoying 'company' | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 27
When the National Conference legislators are holding forte and keeping the heat on legislative assembly, the chief patron of party Dr Farooq Abdullah instead of giving a direction or further impetus to the party is back to the company he likes the most –glamour.
Farooq was today seen rubbing shoulders with the top film stars and leaders of the United National Progressive Alliance in Daulatpur village of Uttar Pradesh. He was there to attend a function where Amitabh Bachan is bringing up a school in the name of his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai-Bachan.
Farooq Abdullah has a close proximity with the Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh which patronizes Bach... | |
| | | | Mufti to clear stand today | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 27
Amidst the political flux following the unrest in state legislature and demand of removal of two Ministers belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party, the former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be addressing the media here tomorrow.
Political circles are keenly watching the next move as Mufti's party is under fire from the opposition as National Conference is demanding resignation of two Ministers –Tariq Hameed Karra and Qazi Mohammad Afzal.
It becomes all the more important for Mufti to defend his party when the Chief Minister too has apparently shunned the responsibility of either taking to task or protecting his cabinet colleagues. The Chi... | |
| | | | Has Azad outlived utility to party? | | Reported decision to appoint Soz as Pradesh Congress President, brings factionalism to fore | | | News Analysis
Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Jan 27
The reported, but unconfirmed decision by the Central Congress High Command, precisely party President Sonia Gandhi to appoint Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources, Saif-ud-Din Soz as President of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee, is virtual censure of State Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. If it is really so, obviously the detractors of Azad in New Delhi have succeeded in prevailing upon Madam Gandhi to clip the wings of Azad and cut him to size, by creating a parallel power centers in the J&K Pradesh Congress. The development has already brought to fore sharp divide and signs of factionalism in the Pradesh Congress Comm... | |
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