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| The case of missing invitation | | Raj Bhawan says ‘we invited all’; Opposition says no invitation received | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 2
Mystery shrouds non receipt of invitation to the leader of the opposition in the Assembly,Mr Abdul Rahim Rather,for attending the oath taking ceremony of four ministers here on Tuesday in the Raj Bhawan.
While Mr Rather has said that he had not gone to the Raj Bhawan yesterday because he was not invited.”I had not boycotted the function but I will not like to go there uninvited.”However,the Raj Bhawan sources said that invitation letters had been sent to all leaders of major opposition parties,including Dr Farooq Abdullah,Omar Abdullah of National Conference,Mufti Mohd.Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti of the PDP,BJP MLA Jugal Kishore and to Mr Rather,leader of the opposition in the Assembly.The sources said that “our job is to sent invitation and it is the discretion of the leaders to be present or not at the swearing in ceremony of ministers.”The sources said that not a single invitee from the opposition camp was present at the yesterdays oath ceremony function when they had received the invitation letters.
The Raj Bhawan sources said that “the messenger who had been sent to deliver the invitation letter at the residence of Mr Rather he had been told that the NC leader was away in Srinagar.”When Mr Rather was apprised of the version of the Raj Bhawan on the issue he said “I am in Jammu.I have been in Jammu for the last three days.” |
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