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| Peerzada resigns as Education Minister | | Sheikh Bashir being removed as Chairman BOSE; Naseem or Tanvir may get charge on Monday | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
srinagar, Feb 10: Becoming second successive casualty for Congress in Omar Abdullah's Cabinet after Ghulam Mohammad Saroori in 2010, high profile mainstream politician and Minister of Education, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, has finally moved out of the Council of Ministers in Jammu and Kashmir, unceremoniously. Responding to directions from AICC, communicated to him through General Secretary incharge J&K Mohan Praskash, Peerzada today submitted his letter of resignation by fax to the Congress and UPA supremo Sonia Gandhi.
In days of submission of its report to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, beleaguered Peerzada today faxed a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Highly placed political sources disclosed to Early Times that within hours of Chief Minister's discussion with the AICC leadership in New Delhi, party's General Secretary incharge Jammu and Kashmir asked Peerzada to "immediately" send his resignation to Mrs Gandhi. Facing a flak from a number of Opposition parties, including BJP, over "protecting corrupt and tainted Ministers", AICC leadership agreed with... | |
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| | BOSE RESHUFFLE IMMINENT | | | Sources revealed that the state government had also decided to go for a "complete reshuffle" in BOSE within next two days. According to these sources, all the officials indicted in the Crime Branch inquiry would be removed and attached to the office of Commissioner-Secretary of School Education. Those being removed include Chairman, Dr Bashir Ahmad Sheikh, one joint secretary, one lady academic officer, besides two teachers of School Education department, namely Tariq Gilani and Imtiyaz Ahmad, who had worked as Superintendent and Dy Superintendent and either provided unfair facilitation or remained mute spectators to Imam Souban's way of taking the examination.
Crime Branch was being direc... | |
| | | | | ANGRY WITH CHIEF MINISTER | | | According to reports from New Delhi, Peerzada has taken umbrage on Chief Minister's overnight statement to media in which Mr Abdullah was quoted to have said that Peerzada's fate would be determined in "next 24 to 36 hours". In his conversation with a news agency, Peerzada has questioned Chief Minister's prerogative and asserted that he was nobody to determine his fate as Minister. He is quoted to have observed that Sonia Gandhi was his "boss" and he was AICC's nominee in Abdullah's Cabinet. According to him, they alone in New Delhi could ask him to continue or retain his berth. Asked what made him resign, Peerzada, according to agency, said that he had submitted his resignation to the Cong... | |
| | | | | TRACK RECORD OF SCAMS | | | Peerzada has a track record of ignominy. Inspite of having functioned as J&K President of Youth Congress and Minister of State for Education in 1987-1990, later as J&K Pradesh Congress Committee chief and Minister of Rural Development Department, he was dogged by controversies one after another. His tenure as Minister RDD in Mufti Sayeed-led PDP-Congress coalition in 2002-2005, Peerzada faced serious charges of corruption in Panchayat Electrification Scam. In Ghulam Nabi Azad-led government later, he faced charges of accepting bribe from independent MLA Shuaid Lone's sister for recognition of her ETT school in Baramulla. He was indicted by State Accountability Commission but got the action ... | |
| | | | Same yardstick must apply to Omar, Peerzada' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 10: The Chief Minister in his tweets about Education Minister, Peerzada Muhammad Sayed conveyed that a public figure must be above suspicion. "Peerzada Syed heads the department about which allegations have been leveled and that fact is inescapable." This is Omar's first tweet. In another tweet he said, "It's the proverbial Ceaser's wife story."
There is no denying the fact that morals vary from place to place. Omar and Peerzada fortunately or unfortunately, belong to the same society. Therefore, same yardstick must apply to both of them. Peerzada resigned Friday. Charges of helping his foster son qualify the matriculation examination two years ago were foun... | |
| | | | Omar, Farooq seek outside support of Cong for NC govt | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Feb 10: With series of corruption disclosures against state Congress ministers in the recent days, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah have started mounting pressure on the Congress high command to extend the outside support to National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir.
The father -son duo were believed to have conveyed their feelings to the Congress leaders here. The duo told the Congress leaders that the corruption charges against the Congress ministers is equally telling upon the image of their party-NC.
Taking note of the father -son activities in New Delhi, the Congress ministers today held meeting at the Jammu official... | |
| | | | PDP earned credibility of people through its convictions, commitments: Mufti | | Due to visionary policies of PDP, peace started growing manifold in state | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 10: Reiterating resolve of his party to change fate of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister and patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that formation of PDP in the year 1999 was an historical event in the political history of Jammu and Kashmir because this party has changed political discourse of the state through its policies and programmes.
Addressing a function to welcome large number of people from different sections of the society who joined the party, Sayeed said that PDP has not only emerged as an alternative of National Conference (NC) in the state but this party has also earned credibility of peopl... | |
| | | | 19 killed, 1 injured as minibus falls into gorge at Gandoh | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
kishtwar, Feb 10: In yet another tragic incident, 19 people were this morning killed and one was injured when a minibus, which was on its way from Gowari to Thathri, skidded off the road and fell into a 200 mt deep gorge at Manoi near Gandoh.
The accident took place at about 9.30 am. As soon as its news spread, a large number of people, police and jawans of 26 RR and 151 Bn of CRPF, besides a team of Red Cross, rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation which was supervised by DC and SSP, Doda.
The injured Riaz Ahmed, son of Mohammad Ramzan of Sarlia, was admitted to emergency hospital, Thathri, from where he was airlifted to GMCH, Jammu.
After the rescue opera... | |
| | | | Peerzada supporters raise anti NC, anti Omar slogans | | Anger in Cong camp...trouble brewing up against NC...? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 10: With Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed stepping down finally this evening, it is not an 'all over game', or a 'chapter wound up' for the NC led government in the state. Peerzada may have well resigned as 'desired' by the party high command but the entire Congress camp, at least at the local level is not 'happy' the way the 'maligning campaign' over corruption against its ministers has been intensified. At least this was what the mood suggested this evening at the official residence of Peerzada soon after he forwarded his resignation to party high command. Angry supporters and even middle rung cadres raised anti government led by Omar Abdullah and... | |
| | | | "Needless" proposals by Mantris compel Traffic police brass to stop routine transfers! | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 10: The Traffic wing of state police department seems to be feeling "uneasy" since past over a month.
"All thanks to the political pressure, pertaining to transfers and postings of non gazette rank Cops, mounted on senior police officers," if sources are to be believed.
While the concerned senior police officers in Traffic wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police are tight lipped over the issue, highly placed sources in the police department revealed to Early Times that, "following political interference here in the winter capital by some Jammu based ministers, the routine transfers of Cops especially Constable, Selection Grade Constables and Head Constables has not... | |
| | | | KP youth feel betrayed by NC led coalition | | PM's employment package | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 10: Failure of government to keep up its commitment to implement the Prime Minister's employment package for Kashmiri migrants by ending December last year has led to lot of resentment among the displaced youth in particular and Kashmiri migrants in general.
The Union Home Ministry representative has given an undertaking to National human Rights Commission New Delhi on November 18 that PM's employment package will be implemented by ending December last year but after the lapse of over one 40 days no headway has been made in this regard.
This has led to a brewing resentment among displaced youth who have already filled up the forms for various posts under the... | |
| | | | Taj blamed for 'sidelining' PCC Chief Prof Soz | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 10: The trouble for Minister for PHE Taj Mohi-ud-Din yet has not receded as the loyalists in the state unit of the Congress, led by the PCC Chief, Saif-ud-Din Soz, have expressed their concern over the way some party leaders, including a couple of ministers are not only sidelining the state party chief but also are maligning the name of the organization in state.
A number of senior Congress leaders, belonging to the camp headed by Soz, said that the Party high command need to take notice of the style of functioning of the PHE Minister, Taj Mohiuddin, who has remained in constant touch with the Chief Minister and some senior functionaries in the AICC. Sources ... | |
| | | | Congress ministers Congressmen only in name | | Political Arrangement Mind-boggling | | | Rustam
Jammu, Feb 10: Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing strange political arrangements since November 2, 2002, when the Congress party after nearly 27 years captured 20 assembly seats. Ever since than, the Congress ministers and the Congress party are pulling in different directions. The Congress ministers, who say they are pledged Congressmen, have been actually serving the cause of the Kashmir-based parties like the National Conference (NC) and endorsing each and every move of theirs' at the cost of their own party and their respective constituencies. This is not an exaggeration; this is a stark reality.
Take, for example, what the Congress ministers did between November 2002 and No... | |
| | | | BJP, NPP can capture Congress's political space in Jammu provided… | | Ending Discrimination -- II | | | Neha
Jammu, Feb 10: As said, one Congress minister was shown the door some 18 months ago, two are in the dock and may be out of the council of ministers anytime from now and others, including those belonging to the National Conference (NC), are, according to the general perception, also not above-board. The position of the Chief Minister is not different, with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership and others, especially the Panthers Party leaders like Bhim Singh, accusing Omar Abdullah of indulging in "political corruption" and holding him, his father and Minister of State for Home Affairs responsible for the death of loyalist of Abdullah family Syed Mohammad Yousuf last year. The ... | |
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