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Aug92023 by News DeskNo Comments

‘For Kashmiris, it’s not merely legal, but a matter of our sentiments’, Mehbooba Mufti on Article 370 hearing

POLITICS, REGIONAL

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday expressed happiness over the arguments in the Supreme Court during the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370, but said it was a test of Jammu and Kashmir’s decision to accede to India. The top court is hearing several petitions challenging the nullification of Article 370 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which split the erstwhile state into two Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. “I am happy over the arguments in the SC. These are the issues me and PDP have been raising since 2019. The SC is fortunate that it does not face any hurdle, but our people are either arrested or put under house arrest for the same arguments that the decision taken in Parliament trampled the Constituti...

Aug82023 by News DeskNo Comments

Maintain decency in virtual spaces, fight propaganda with facts, figures: Omar to party’s SM team

Politics

National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah Monday chaired a meeting of the party's Media and Communication wing at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha. Exhorting the party's social media functionaries to enhance communication with constituents and build awareness around the party's initiatives, Omar as per a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the social media has risen to play a significant role in the communications strategies of the party's policies and programmes. “We should also use different social media platforms to keep the general public informed and updated about important issues and engage with them at a deeper level. Additionally, social media is an excellent space for campaign messaging,” he said. Omar asked the functio...

Aug72023 by News DeskNo Comments

NC, PDP to keep political differences aside, fight ‘onslaught’ on people’s rights & dignity

Politics

Amid rife speculations of cracks in the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), following the verbal spar between two youth leaders of the National Conference (NC) and People's Democratic Party (PDP), both parties on Tuesday decided to set aside political differences and fight for the people’s “rights and dignity”. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), both NC and PDP, through their spokespersons, said that despite their “political differences,” they must “rise to the occasion and present a united front” to fight the “onslaught” on rights and dignity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. NC chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq told KNO that at a time when the case challenging the abrogation of Article 370 is being heard tomorrow in the Supreme Court, there shoul...

Jul312023 by News DeskNo Comments

Mufti Sayeed put precondition before PM Modi for govt. formation in J-K: Mehbooba

Politics

PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had put a precondition before Prime Minister Narendra Modi for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir in 2015, seeking an assurance that Article 370 of the Constitution will not be removed by the Centre, party president Mehbooba Mufti claimed on Monday. Addressing a gathering on the 24th foundation day of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) here, Mufti said her father Sayeed was not power hungry and wanted to deliver Jammu and Kashmir from its problems and troubles. “When Mufti sahib had 28 seats (in the 2014 Assembly polls), he met Modi and gave his list of conditions for government formation. He took the assurance from the BJP government (at the Centre) that (Article) 370 will not be touched. He tied their hands. He was not after power, otherwis...

Jul262023 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Reorganization Act is sub judice, introducing new laws to J-K illegal’, Hasnain Masoodi in opposition to centre’s bills regarding J-K

POLITICS, REGIONAL

Hasnain Masoodi, Member Parliament from south Kashmir’s Anantnag has opposed the bills regarding Jammu Kashmir scheduled to be tabled in the lower house on Wednesday. The Central Government has introduced three bills namely The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order, 1956, will also be introduced today in the Lower House. The first aims to reserve three seats in the assembly of Jammu Kashmir, dissolved since 2018 while the Scheduled Caste Bill aims to provide reservation to extend reservation to several Pahadi classes. MP Hasnain Masoodi on Wednesday opposed the bills and said that the introduction of the bills was hi...

Jul182023 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Defeat BJP to protect justice’: 26 parties agree to jointly contest 2024 elections

INDIA, Politics

The opposition meeting in Bengaluru ended on Tuesday with sources saying it has been decided by all 26 parties to collectively contest against the BJP-led NDA under the banner of the “Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India)”. The 26 opposition parties have decided to give a new name to their alliance, which will be known as Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India), Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said. “The war is now between India and NDA, Narendra Modi vs India, their ideology and India. No one is able to fight the idea of India in history,” said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. While the leaders were giving further details of the deliberations, sources said that they have signed a pact in this regard over seat sharing and the creation of stat...

Jul172023 by News DeskNo Comments

Mehbooba Mufti asks court to take notice of Assam CM’s statement targeting Muslims

POLITICS, REGIONAL

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma blaming Muslims for price rise shows the utter failure of the BJP-led government to control unemployment and inflation. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister added that while the judiciary took action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for raising questions on corruption, it should also take suo-motu notice of Sarma’s remarks. “Assam CM blaming Muslims for crippling price rise shows BJP’s utter failure on unemployment, inflation and lack of development. Himanta Biswa is openly urging Hindus to forcibly take away even their meagre forms of livelihood — vegetable vendors and kirhana shops. “While the judiciary took quick action against Rahul Gandhi for raising legitimate questions on corrupt...

Jul122023 by News DeskNo Comments

‘BJP presenting silence of graveyard as victory to court’, Mehbooba Mufti on Article 370 hearing

Politics

Former Chief Ministers of Jammu Kashmir welcomed the Supreme court's decision of disregarding Central Government's fresh affidavit on Article 370, which will be discussed in the apex court on day to day basis starting August 02. Refuting the claims made the Government over the changes post abrogation, Mehbooba Mufti said that then silence in Jammu Kashmir is enforced. "The Goonda has entered the house and has beat everyone inside, now it is boasting of silence inside the house, " she said in a reference to BJP's policy on Kashmir. She said that nobody is allowed to speak the facts here in Kashmir. "It is not that people are even speaking against the Government. People are not allowed to speak anything other than the government's narrative, if one does, they are not spared. Even journ...

Jul92023 by News DeskNo Comments

Uniform civil code not as easy as removing Article 370: Azad

Politics, REGIONAL

Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad while speaking on the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s scheme of land for “homeless” people said land should be given to poor residents of the union territory only. “We welcome the land allotment step, but there should be a condition for that and the land should be given to the poor residents of Jammu and Kashmir,” Azad said on Saturday. The DPAP chairman, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said this while speaking to the media persons in district Budgam. He said since the dissolution of the assembly in J&K, they have been waiting for elections so that the elected representative of the people could run the government. “In a democracy, only elected representatives can run a government,...

Jun192023 by News DeskNo Comments

Democracy ends where J-K begins: Omar Abdullah

POLITICS, REGIONAL

National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that there is virtually no democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. He said democracy ends where Jammu and Kashmir begins. Omar Abdullah’s remarks came against the backdrop of having no elected government in Jammu and Kashmir for the last five years. Jammu Kashmir has completed 5 years under central rule today. On 19 June 2018, Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti submitted her resignation as Jammu and Kashmir chief minister to the then-state governor N N Vohra after BJP pulled out of alliance with PDP. Since then, New Delhi has been directly ruling the erstwhile state. Taking a dig at the BJP led Central Government, Omar Abdullah sarcastically stated that it is being claime...