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| Parties coining new political mantras to gain electoral edge over rivals | | | |
Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu May 3
POLITICAL EXTREMISM in fact is the new mantra-the political parties have adopted these days to have an edge over their rivals and to woo the vote bank at the state and national level as well. Taking stands which verge on-‘Political Extremism’ has become a ‘potent tool’ to seek public attraction is an undisputed belief in political spheres.
Monitoring the heat of the Political Extremis, experts mention that Arjun Singh’s pro-reservation card, Mayavati’s game plan of wooing Brahmins, BJP’s oft repeated demand of Abrogation of the Article 370, PDP’s use of its trump card of demilitarization and revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Hurriyat’s (M) stress for Tripartite Talks and Hurriyat (G) holding card of the plebiscite and Azaadi are all part of an exercise to impress the masses influence them politically.
The political buck does not stop here, as JKNPP has come up with the demand of amendment of Article 370 and empowerment of more central recommendations in the state, the National Conference still harps the raga of regional aut... | |
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| With added charisma Farooq Abdullah emerges star NC campaigner | | | |
Jammu, May 3
Patron of National Conference, Dr Farooq Abdullah, is back from long absence from the state. So is back his charisma which is his trump card for mobilizing peoples’ support for his party. He is conscious of it and hence has decided to campaign for regaining the lost glory of National Conference.
A major section of party leaders have been persuading him to restart his political activity so that he could turn the wind against the sail of PDP and the Congress. He has agreed to clear the road to success, which his son, Omar Abdullah, had started building. National Conference sources said that since Dr Abdullah foresees early Assembly poll he has decided to help his party to r... | |
| | | | Neelum-Jhelum project of PoK in doldrums | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 3
The Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), estimated to cost 1.5 billion dollars, is in the doldrums. This is reportedly the product of the inability of the Pak government and Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to award contract for its construction, which may result in Pakistan losing its "priority rights" over Jhelkum waters.
A project of the Water and Power Development Authority, the 969MW project has been hanging in the balance for six years, although it is considered crucial to secure Pakistan’s priority rights over Neelum waters — a tributary of the river Jhelum. According to latest r... | |
| | | | Parliamentary panel unhappy with J&K Govt | | Kashmiri migrants' hardships haven't ended | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 3
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is accused of adopting dilatory tactics in relation to the growing need to "minimise" difficulties and hardships of the Kashmiri migrants--uprooted members of the Kashmiri Pandit community, to be precise. The accusation is contained in the 126th report of Parliamentary standing comittee on Home Affairs, which has just been laid on the table of Lok Sabha.
The scheme for relief and rehablitation of J&K migrants, the report said, was introduced by the government to minimise the migrants' dificulties and hardships and to provide them a reasonable amount of sustenace and support. During 2005-06, Rs 153.... | |
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