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| NCSU hails CM | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU NOV 17: The National Conference Students Union (NCSU) expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his approval of Rs 40 crore for strengthening infrastructure in degree colleges and releasing Rs 45 crore for school education.
In a press statement issued here today, the leaders said that the amount will be utilized for upgradation of existing infrastructure and for other requirements like class rooms, library, laboratory facilities etc.
The NCSU opined that the education is the vital aspect for the development of any society and educational activities should be given reasonable consideration. The government under the leadership of Omar Abdullah working eagerly and on priority basis for making educational institutions in the state as modern center of learning.First time in Valley's history, Govt doesn't allow Mirwaiz to lead Eid prayers
Srinagar: The state fovernment on Wednesday did not allow moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to lead the prayers at Eidgah, Valley’s biggest prayer ground, a move that is first of its kind since the institution of Mirwaiz was created in Kashmir. Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest, along with his colleagues to prevent them from taking out a protest march soon after the prayers ended.
However, it is the arrest of Mirwaiz which is significant. In their 250 years of history, successive Mirwaiz’s have led the prayers at Eidgah without a break. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is the thirteenth in this lineage has followed this long tradition by delivering the customary sermon on the day before the prayers. People from all over Srinagar and nearby villages travel to Eidgah to be a part of the massive congregation and chiefly to hear Mirwaiz. However, the state government fearing a repeat of the violence on the previous Eid did not allow him to lead the prayers. On Eid-ul-Fitr, Mirwaiz had made a dramatic post-prayer decision to march to Lal Chowk where the mob went on rampage and burnt a government building.
“Not allowing me to lead the prayers is an extreme step by the government. This is a blatant intervention in our religious affairs,” Mirwaiz who had earlier asked the chief minister Omar Abdullah to step down told here . He said the present state government has achieved the “dubious distinction” of being the first to deny Mirwaiz the right to perform his religious obligation. “Government has to bear in mind that this strategy will not cow us down. We will continue our struggle for a lasting solution to Kashmir”.Though primarily concerned with propagating and preaching the religion, the institution of Mirwaiz has transformed over the past century. Mirwaiz has now acquired a pronounced political role. It was Molvi Yusuf Shah, the grand uncle of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who in the early twentieth century was the first to involve himself in the political struggle against the autocratic Dogra rule in the state. His successor Molvi Farooq, also the father of Mirwaiz, was an influential political leader who floated a party called Awami Action Committee which fought elections and through the eighties emerged as a vaunted opposition to the National Conference. However, after his assassination in 1990, Umar Farooq became the new Mirwaiz Kashmir and subsequently the first chairman of the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference. He is now the most influential separatist leader in Kashmir, together with Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Meanwhile, Muttahida Majlis Ulema, a body of religious scholars, condemned government decision not to allow Mirwaiz to lead prayers. “ Government should seriously rethink its strategy. It is negative and anti-Islamic,” a statement issued by the body said.
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