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| The ball no longer in PM's court | | High-profile Huriyat leaders haven't done their job | | | From B L Kak
NEW DELHI: If the moderatre Hurriyat leaders led by Maulvi Umar Farooq experienced little difficulty as they kicked the ball into the Prime Minister's court on the eve of the recent meeting they had with him in the Indian capital, Manmohan Singh's ability to set them thinking anew became an open secret when he assigned them a crucial task of evolving a mechanism for the continuance of the peace dialogue purposefully and meaningfully.
It was the "cordial" meeting--the second by an Indian Prime Minister--with a delegation of Kashmir's All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on May 3, 2006. Much-awaited talks did take place, even as Islamist rebels in Jammu and Kashmir sought to derail the dialogue process by carying out the brutal killing of more than 30 Hindu villagers in Doda and Udhampur districts of the troubled Himalayan State. The Hurriyat delegation leader, Maulvi Umar Farooq submited to the Prime Minister a list of demands. And his senior colleague, Prof. Abdul Ghani Bhat, was given an opportunity to elaborate on some demands such as release of political pr... | |
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| Sonia Gandhi for her 'son rise' | | Prime Minister is displeased with several Ministers | | | From B L KAK
NEW DELHI, June 24: Most of the Congress Ministers at the Centre do not appear keen on allowing their Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, work freely. Worse still, 'Gentleman' Prime Minister continues to be unable to control the Congress Ministers.
Highly efficient Manmohan Singh is. But he is far from effective. This is merely because of two factors. One, he has not so far got rid of the label--'Made by Sonia Gandhi'! Two, arrogant Congress Ministers enjoy freedom because Sonia Gandhi does not deem it necessary--for reasons best known to her--to tame the Ministers who are unwilling to treat their Prime Minister as all-important and all-powerful personality.
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