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PDP burns bridges, Govt turns minor 6/28/2008 11:59:43 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 28 Azad: vested interests trying to divide Hindus-Muslims for votes Omar: No political crisis, PDP has done this for political mileage Mehbooba: it was a moral duty to disassociate from government Two days ahead of the deadline it had set for taking a decisive action on the Amarnath Shrine Board land controversy, the Peoples Democratic Party this evening pulled out of the Ghulam Nabi Azad government pushing Jammu and Kashmir in a state of political instability. With withdrawal of support by the Peoples Democratic Party, the Ghulam Nabi Azad government has been reduced into a minority. The ball is now over to the court of Raj Bhawan as next step –either to allow a minority government or impose Governor’s rule –is now on the Governor NN Vohra who is keenly monitoring the developments. This expected development came immediately after return of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti from London. On Mehbooba’s arrival the party legislators had a twp-hour long meeting at the residence of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed where this decision was taken. The The deci...   READ MORE

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Floor statistics paint gloomy picture Options: Guv’s rule, Minority/Caretaker Govt 6/28/2008 11:58:26 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 28 FLOOR TALLY PARTY MEMBERS Congress 21 + 8 PDP 16 + 2 NC 25 Panthers Party 04 CPI(M) 02 BJP 01 JSM 01 Independents 07 With the political crisis deepening in the state, the Raj Bhavan in Srinagar is fast becoming the focal point to decide the next course of action. The government led by the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has been reduced to minority by pulling out of PDP but it has not fallen in technical terms. Under the constitutional provisions it is now for the Governor whether to allow a minority government or impose his rule in the state. Constitutional experts said that the options were very limited. Either there ...   READ MORE   No threat to my Govt: Azad 6/28/2008 11:57:22 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 28 Deeply regretting the action of Peoples Democratic Party and describing it as politically motivated move, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad claimed late this evening that his government will last full term. Speaking to a television channel after PDP decision to pull out from the government, the Chief Minister said that his priority has always remained development and now it was for the people to decide who cares for them. “Now it is over to the people to identify who suits best to them”, said an optimistic Chief Minister. He said, “I have been Chief Minister here for close to three years and during all this period I never talked about politics an...   READ MORE   Patil meets Manmohan J&K crisis 6/28/2008 11:56:54 PM New Delhi | June 28 With political crisis gripping Jammu and Kashmir amid widespread protests against transfer of forest land to the Amarnath shrine board, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took stock of the situation at a high-level meeting here. Soon after PDP pulled out of the Congress-led coalition in the state, Singh held discussions with Home Minister Shivraj Patil and party General Secretary incharge of Jammu and Kashmir Prithviraj Chavan about the prevailing situation. Patil is understood to have briefed the Prime Minister on the situation arising out of continued protests accompanied by sporadic violence in the state against the transfer of 39.88 hectares of forest land to the...   READ MORE   UPA too seen crumbling 6/28/2008 11:56:30 PM New Delhi | June 28 Amidst talk of the possibility of early elections over the Indo-US nuclear deal, Congress President Sonia Gandhi asked senior party leaders to draw up time-bound programmes and strategies to energise the organisation throughout the country ahead of some Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. At a meeting of party general secretaries and incharges of states, she assigned tasks to them to organise the party ‘everywhere’ at all levels for five assemblies and the next Lok Sabha elections. "This meeting was about poll preparations. The Lok Sabha elections were also discussed, the party has to get ready for polls and everybody has been asked to draw up programmes and submit the sa...   READ MORE   Running away will not help, Cong tells PDP 6/28/2008 11:56:02 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 28 With the Peoples Democratic Party withdrawing support from the coalition government, the Congress sought to counsel its erstwhile ally that running away from a problem will not bring credit to any political party. "Running away from a problem will not resolve it and will not bring credit to any political party including the PDP," AICC Media Cell Chairman M Veerappa Moily told reporters in New Delhi. "At the fag end of the term, they should not have withdrawn from the government. The decision on the shrine board was a government decision, a collective decision," he said, adding that withdrawal of support does not augur well for both the parties. M...   READ MORE   Vohra keeps firefighting on 6/28/2008 11:54:52 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 28 Hours after Jammu and Kashmir pulling into crisis with withdrawal support by the Peoples Democratic Party the situation was nowhere close to normal in Kashmir Valley as agitated protestors demanded nothing short of withdrawal of land from the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An observer watching the Kashmir situation pointed out that PDP’s pulling out from the government is no way going to influence the agitation or soothe the public anger. Even fall of the government will not help resolve the situation where no solution is being sought except for cancellation of the land transfer order. Meanwhile the Governor NN Vohra is actively engaged in parleys to ...   READ MORE   Dr Kumar shown Raj Bhawan’s door Panel finds him guilty, Vyas new PS to Governor 6/28/2008 11:53:49 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 28 For his slip of tongue –or may be slippery tongue –one of the main targets of the present crisis in Kashmir, the Principal Secretary to the Governor Dr Arun Kumar has been shown the Raj Bhawan’s exit door. After allegations of Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig that Dr Arun Kumar made a communal statement during his June 17, press conference, the senior IAS officer who has been Principal Secretary to the Governor for close to eight years, was in the dock and at the center of political criticism. After a high level inquiry committee found Kumar guilty of violating the civil services norms and stepping out of brief by commenting on the polit...   READ MORE   Agitation for a piece of land which none had grabbed 6/28/2008 11:47:36 PM Gareeb Dass Jammu | June 28 "Nub Thavon Taapas,zameen hemoas vaapas"(keep Ghulam Nabi Azad in the sun to get back the land).Those in the valley who have coined this slogan speaks volumes of the craft of Kashmiris in rhyming their slogans which paint a political leader in satire.This is how "Taapas"(sunshine) has been rhymed with "Vaapas"(restoration).It may be a satire used for explaining the role the Chief Minister played in diverting the 800 Kanals of land to the Shrine Board for constructing pre-fabnricated tents and toilets at Baltal,it does speak volumes about the real mind of people and those who triggered the violent agaitation against the land transfer. Those who encouraged groups...   READ MORE

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