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| Chidambaram's fall would be Omar's loss | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 18: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has developed the habit of landing himself into trouble again and again, has in the person of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram one of his greater supporters. It was Chidambaram who came to his rescue umpteen times in the recent past. Chidambaram openly sided with Omar when the latter asserted on the floor of the assembly on October 7, 2010 that the state had only acceded and not merged with India. Again, it was Chidambaram who came to his rescue last month, when everyone whom Omar met with in New Delhi rejected out-of-hand his demand seeking revocation of AFSPA from certain districts of the state. Chidambaram had said that Omar committed no wrong by suggesting revocation of AFSPA and that whatever he did he did as per the September 25, 2010 Cabinet Committee on Security's 8-point scheme worked out to restore peace in the Valley.
Similarly, when JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz took on Omar Abdullah and accused him of making statement on AFSPA without discussing the matter with him as well as in the State Cabinet... | |
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| Mufti attracts Rahul's attention towards mis-utilisation of central funds | | Target Omar | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 18: To hit at poor governance of Omar Abdullah led coalition government PDP Patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed, today asked Rahul Gandhi to pay attention to "large scale mis-utilization" of central allocations in Jammu and Kashmir where the Congress is an ally to the NC led coalition.
Aiming his guns towards Omar, Mufti Sayeed while addressing a public meeting here toady targeted the chief minister for his poor handling of various centrally sponsored schemes. At the same time Mufti Sayeed attracted attention of the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to look in to the issue of mis utilisation of funds here in Jammu and Kashmir besides focu... | |
| | | | AFSPA put on backburner, advice to J&K govt to reduce 'governance deficit' | | Defence ministry silently pulls the rug! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 18: Centre has put the issue of withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) on the back burner and advised state government to concentrate more on removing much talked about 'governance deficit'.
Confirming this to Early Times, a senior official in the Union Defense Ministry said 'Jammu and Kashmir government has been asked to redress 'governance deficit' and leave revocation of AFSPA to the unified command." Stating that it is Union Home Ministry which has been pressing for partial revocation of AFSPA from certain areas in Jammu and Kashmir, the official said "We have conveyed apprehensions of army and other intelligence agencies to the HM's office... | |
| | | | People can't have any expectation from a party which seeks bribe from its own workers: Mufti | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 18: Expressing grave concern over rampant corruption in the state, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today accused the Omar Abdullah led Government of total failure on all fronts.
Addressing a public meeting at Shakti Nagar here this afternoon Sayeed said how transparency can come into the system as 10 percent percentage is fixed for allotment of tenders from top government level. The corruption is eating up vitals of the society, he added.
Without naming Mohammed Yousuf Shah NC worker who was killed in cash for seat scam said what can be expected from a party which seeks a bribe from its own workers.
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| | | | What about those who keep silent on cross voting? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 18: Minister for Industries and Commerce today lashed out at the PDP calling it party of hypocrites who are habitual of double speak. Addressing people at Birpur, Slathia said that the PDP is a party with two faces which has a nefarious and insidious agenda of dividing the state along communal lines.
Slathia did not even quote a single incident which would support his argument. He did not quote a single example to prove where the PDP had played a communal card to divide the State on communal lines.
It has become customary for the ministers of the government to launch unsubstantiated propaganda against its political rivals, but one thing stands out to prove ... | |
| | | | Change of guard must in view of 'failures' of present set up: Bhan | | 'Give lead role to Cong, representation to KPs' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 18: A day after J&K PCC Chief Prof Saif-u-Din Soz confirmed cabinet reshuffle and expansion was on cards, one more senior leader and General Secretary of the Party Ashok Bhan also indicated this an imminent task before the coalition.In what can stir the still political waters of coalition Bhan strongly vouching for change of guard , contended this as necessary in view of the performance of the government in present dispensation which called for thorough review and necessitated to fulfill aspirations of the people by giving 'lead role' to the Congress in the state.
The talk about cabinet reshuffle and expansion is not only getting loud but appears to ... | |
| | | | At heart of all problems lie politics, "politicians", "custodians" of law who operate unlawfully | | | | BHARAT BHUSHAN
JAMMU, Dec 18: At the heart of all problems lie politics, "corrupt" politicians and the "custodians" of law who operate unlawfully. People are killed, humiliated and made permanently handicapped but the guilty go unpunished.
When 20 odd rockets, each weighing over 70 kg, were recovered from the Tawi river bed close to the MA Stadium here over six years back, police had zeroed in on a border resident as he had figured as main suspect in their investigation.
Soon after he was picked up for questioning, he was set free on the intervention of an influential person.
Since the rockets were heavy, these were believed to have been transported to this side of the border on camel... | |
| | | | Traditions continue: Omar leaves for Christmas holidays | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 18: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reportedly has planned to have a comfy holidays from his monotonous political life that has put him in pressure from allies and the opposition as well as and thus Chief minister reportedly had planned to go for Christmas and New Year holidays.
High placed sources on authorized anonymity told that without making it public, Chief Minister today left for London to join his mother and other members of the family for Christmas celebrations. “Though Omar used spent around a week in London every year but this year chief minister reportedly has taken time off for a longer holiday to give vent to the restlessness and soreness ca... | |
| | | | NC unlikely to withdraw order, Congress the alternative | | LAWYERS' STRIKE | | | NEHA
JAMMU, Dec 18: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his close lieutenants in the government will not withdraw the controversial order that seeks to transfer the power of registration from the judiciary to the executive. It is almost clear. If still the protesting lawyers pin their faith in the NC leadership hoping the latter would see reason and rescind the order, then they are simply wasting their time and energy. It is a futile exercise. They are not going to achieve the objective which has behind it the popular support for obvious reasons, including the people's well-founded apprehension that the implementation of the government order on registration powers would hit them hard, promo... | |
| | | | Jammu will again cry for justice | | 1060 Jobs to Kashmir | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Dec 18: People of Jammu province, including youth, have no place whatsoever in the Congress-led UPA Government's scheme of things. There should be no doubt it. The Congress and New Delhi do not consider the people of this province the citizens of the state and the country. They consider them subjects whose life is neither one of political aspirations nor one of economic aspirations. Their life is just one of toil and penury. They are simply destined to groan under the Kashmir yoke and suffer from the New Delhi's deliberate humiliations and taunts. It's New Delhi which is basically responsible for the all round degeneration of the people of Jammu province. It is New Delhi th... | |
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