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| Beig contests tall claims in budget: contradictory, misleading | | Vouches for representation to backward areas in govt | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: A day after Finance Minister AR Rather presented budget in the J&K Assembly, opposition PDP termed the figures and claims made by the government as misleading and contradictory to the 'gloomy and grim' picture in the Economic Survey Report. PDP also attacked government for its failure to come up with a 'roadmap' for grey areas where it contended the government had faltered miserably to suggest some corrective and remedial measures.
Former Deputy Chief Minister and senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beig who initiated the debate in the House using his oratory abilities interspersed with pun and satire in fact made two pronged attack on both economic as well as political front, contesting the claims of NC led coalition government. Beig said whatever has been described as achievements by the government were only 'jugglery of figures' as these are not only incoherent and contradictory but also misleading. Continuing his arguments for over one and a half hour, the PDP leader who is also expert on economic matters contested the claim of the gover... | |
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| Rather is soft on "kitchen queens" but hard on tipplers | | | | ET Report
Jammu, Mar 6: If not for poor governance the National Conference led coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir deserves appreciation and praise for what the Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather, has described his budget proposals for 2012-2013 year, which he presented in the state legislature on Monday, as "peace dividend." Really people in the state deserved a people friendly budget proposals for their contribution to a year of peace, which has surprised those who continue to shiver over the unprecedented civilian strife, in which 120 people were killed in police firing, that had rocked the Kashmir valley for five months during the summer of 2010.
Therefore, if the Finance Mini... | |
| | | | Race for LC seat within Cong hots up | | Mangat, Jugal front runners; others also vie hard | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Jammu, Mar 6: As the bye-election to the lone seat of Member Legislative Council (MLC) is nearing closer, the race to seek the party mandate within the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) is getting hotter with each passing day.
The election to the LC seat, which had fallen vacant due to the demise of Congress leader Yashpal Khajuria on December 27 last, will be held on March 22.
If sources in Congress are to be believed then there are many contenders and aspirants who are vying hard to get the mandate, however, party heavyweight and former Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma and former Minister Jugal Kishore Sharma are the front runners.
The sources maintained that tho... | |
| | | | Woes of upper house; legislators, officers, ministers, all play truant | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, Mar 6: Despite state government expressly defending its continuation, legislative council has seemingly lots relevance not only for officers of state government but also for legislators who are members of this house of elders.
If legislative business of the present budget session is any indication, neither officers nor legislators have been taking the upper house seriously. Barring question hour, Officers gallery of legislative council remains empty for most of the time. Visitor's gallery too suffers the same fate. The gallery for ex-legislators and other parliamentarians remain vacant throughout the day.
Such is the non-seriousness that as soon as house met f... | |
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