Month: June 2018

PDP-BJP alliance break-up a fixed match: Omar Abdullah

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Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has described the break-up of the PDP-BJP alliance as a “brilliant fixed match” and said the two parties “crafted their divorce” and “scripted it to perfection” after taking cue from Bollywood. “The PDP and BJP have been watching Bollywood movies for political strategy. This is how they have crafted their ‘divorce’. Brilliant fixed match, scripted to perfection except the audience aren’t fools and neither are the rest of us,” Omar, who is the vice-president of the National Conference (NC), wrote on Twitter while sharing a…

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Security forces working to stop recruitments at funerals of militants in Kashmir

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The problem with such gatherings is that sentiments get amplified, say experts. People have used such occasions to make provocative speeches and glorify the “sacrifices” of militants. The Jammu and Kashmir police will act against those who eulogise dead militants in funerals, making provocative speeches which the police believes motivates young people to join militant groups. “We have devised a strategy to deal with these gatherings,” said state police chief SP Vaid. Vaid refused to discuss specifics of the strategy but a Srinagar-based official in the security forces said the…

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BJP workers wary of mobilising support for Amit Shah’s rally

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The Bharatiya Janata Party, now out of the government, is under pressure to mobilise cadre for party national president Amit Shah’s rally on June 23. Immediately after state president Ravinder Raina’s press conference on Wednesday, a meeting of the office-bearers was held and jobs assigned to all village, mandal, block and district presidents to mobilise cadre for making the rally a success. Sources said party workers, who are disgruntled with the BJP leaders’ conduct while in the government, were in no mood to follow the party diktat. Admitting the fact,…

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Why Governor’s rule are the best days for J&K’s MLA’s?

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President Ram Nath Kovind has approved governor’s rule + in J&K . The move comes after the BJP pulled out of its three-year alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K governor NN Vohra has placed the J&K assembly under suspended animation. Unlike other states, where President’s rule is imposed in such situations, the J&K constitution provides for governor’s rule for six months, but only after the consent of the President of India. Governor NN Vohra will be presiding over the state for the fourth time,…

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History will never forgive BJP for its greed in Kashmir: Shiv Sena

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Shiv Sena in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana said the situation had never deteriorated to this extent in Kashmir, rivers of blood had never flown so extensively and never had so many jawans lost their lives before. The Shiv Sena on Thursday charged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opted out of power in Jammu and Kashmir after spreading anarchy, and said history will never forgive the party for its “greed”. When the BJP failed to check terrorism and violence in the northern state it pinned blame on the People’s…

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Normal life hit across Kashmir with Separatist Sponsored Strike

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Normal life was affected in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday due to a strike called by separatists against the killing of journalist Shujaat Bukhari. Most of the shops, petrol pumps and other business establishments in Srinagar were shut, a police official said. He said public transport was minimal in the city, but private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws were seen plying. The official said similar reports were received from other district headquarters of the Valley. The separatists, under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), on Tuesday called for a strike…

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Joint Resistance Leadership writes to UNHRC, seeks setting up of CoI on Kashmir

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The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on behalf of people of Jammu Kashmir sent a petition to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) demanding setting up of an independent international Commission of Inquiry (CoI) for holding comprehensive investigation into human rights violations in Kashmir. In a statement issued here, JRL said the petition describes the overall situation of human rights abuses by forces in Kashmir. “These HR violations necessitate establishment of an independent international commission of inquiry”. Citing recent report…

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Thousands throng Kheer Bhawani shrine yearn for peaceful Kashmir

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Thousands of pilgrims, mostly migrant Kashmiri Pandits, thronged the Kheer Bhawani shrine on the occasion of annual Jyestha Ashtami at Tulmulla in Ganderbal district on Wednesday. A unique feature of the festival this year was the Kheer Bhawani yatra by migrant Pandits, which started from New Delhi on Monday and reached the shrine via Jammu on Wednesday. “This has been part of the wish to return to our homes in Kashmir,” said Satish Mahaldar, who organised the yatra with the participation of 126 Pandits from New Delhi and nearly 3,000…

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To retrieve lost ground, BJP to pitch for its core agenda, Amit Shah to visit Jammu on June 23

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After pulling out of the alliance in J&K, the BJP will go back to its core agenda, including the abolition of Article 370 and ending of ‘discrimination’ with the Jammu and Ladakh regions, to regain its lost ground in the state. A senior BJP leader said a campaign to return to the core agenda would start from June 23 when party national president Amit Shah is scheduled to address a function at Jammu to observe the death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor…

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US Dismissive of Third-Party role on Kashmir Issue

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Chinese Ambassador to India has suggested a trilateral cooperation between India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Trump administration today appeared to be dismissive of a third-party’s role in resolving the Kashmir dispute and reiterated that it is for India and Pakistan to determine any discussion on the issue. The administration’s response came in the wake of Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui’s suggestion of a trilateral cooperation between India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). “Our policy…

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