Politics

‘Irrationalism is an ugly and a sad constant in the delimitation exercise’ Sajjad Gani Lone led Peoples Conference taking a strong exception over draft proposal of the Delimitation Commission has said it always believed that the exercise of delimitation was an attempt to disempower and disenfranchise the people of Kashmir and we still believe that this process is designed to disempower the people of Kashmir. “The delimitation commission’s refusal to change its earlier assertions is least surprising. And as if to add salt to the wounds of the Kashmiris we have a new wondrous invention in the form of a parliamentary constituency invented by merging two regions - South Kashmir and Rajouri. The inhabitants of these two regions have totally different aspirations, the problems and challeng...

Meeting convened to discuss Delimitation Commission's second draft report, other issues The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has convened a meeting of its constituent members in Jammu on 13 February to discuss several issues including Delimitation Commission's second Draft Report, sources said here on Sunday. Sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that PAGD meeting has been convened by its president and National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah at Jammu, wherein Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti, CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami and ANC senior vice-president Muzaffar Ahmad Shah will also be present. Notably, the meeting has been called a day ahead when Parliament Members, who are part of the Delimitation Commission, are supposed to file their objections rel...

National Conference on Saturday summarily rejected the Draft Working Paper of Delimitation Commission stating that the way Delimitation Commission (DC) has re-drawn boundaries is shocking. National Conference Provincial Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar told reporters that the party as an associate member of the DC summarily rejects the Draft Working Proposal. He said the party will come up with a detailed response after studying the report at length. “So for we feel that our recommendations have been rejected by the DC. We don’t know what the Government of India is up to and what it wants from Kashmir or trying to do in Jammu and Kashmir,” Dar said. He said the way boundaries have been re-drawn is shocking. “Kashmir is being treated differently. New laws are being implemented against t...

The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Member of Parliament from Anantnag Justice (Retd.) Hasnain Masoodi sought the restoration of abridged constitutional and democratic rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. This he said while speaking on the discussion on the motion of thanks on the address of the President in Lok Sabha. Speaking in the parliament, Masoodi said the address has steered clear of issues concerning the people of Jammu and Kashmir, whose constitutional, and democratic rights were snatched on August 5, 2019. He said the address falls short of expectations and is oblivious of a road map towards the restoration of the abridged constitutional rights and democracy in J&K. Expressing concern over the delay in the restoration of people's government in Jammu and Ka...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday demanded inquiry into illegitimate fund transfer to 19 account holders identified by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report and said that the issue was raised in a manner to deliberately target the party. Addressing a press conference, former MLC and PDP spokesperson, Firdous Tak, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said from the last few days, the issue of the CAG report has been deliberately highlighted with an aim to target the party by the government. He said that when PDP took over in 2015, the priority of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed led government was to restore the infrastructure damaged by 2014 floods and make the state again financially healthy. Tak claimed that under leadership of Mufti Sayeed, the adminis...

Responding to the release of the District Good Governance Index (DGGI) for J&K, CPI(M) leader Mohamed Yousuf Tarigami on Saturday said that claims of good governance and development in J&K is far from ground realities. One of the principle fundamentals of good governance is participation and representation of people, a right that continues to be denied to the people of J K. Releasing such indexes is intended only to help the government optics-wise, CPI (M) said in a statement. However, the ground reality of dilapidated roads, erratic power supply, inaccessibility of potable water combined with huge unemployment, social unrest is reflecting a contrasting picture. For good governance, accountability is the key for ensuring freedom of the press, freedom of expression and asso...