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Muscular approach always at core of BJP’s Kashmir Policy

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Since the inception of BJP’s predecessor, Bharatiya Jan Sangh, to the present, Jammu and Kashmir has been an integral part of the party’s discourse. BJS founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee died in the state while taking up the issue of “one country, one Constitution”, the abrogation of Article 370 that gives special status to the state is one of party’s key goals, the Muslim majority state is high on the party’s target while espousing nationalism, and it has always slammed Congress and former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for failing to resolve territorial…

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Dineshwar Sharma to continue to engage with people of Kashmir: Home Ministry

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The Governor would emphasise to restore the rule of law back on the streets of Kashmir, while Dineshwar Sharma would be engaging with people politically too. Dineshwar Sharma, the Centre’s special representative, will continue to engage with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, even though Governor’s Rule has been imposed in the state. “He was appointed to keep engaging the people there and he will keep doing that”, a senior official from the ministry told NDTV. According to him, Dineshwar Sharma was tasked by the government to engage with all…

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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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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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Omar Abdullah demands dissolution of Kashmir assembly, asks for early elections

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National Conference vice president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday sought dissolution of the state legislative assembly to thwart attempts of horse-trading and further erosion of democratic processes and institutions. He also said the ongoing crisis in the Kashmir valley could not be resolved by operational and military means. Only dialogue both internally and externally as well could resolve the political conflict of Kashmir, he said at his party’s core group meeting today at the NC headquarters. In a scathing attack against the Mehbooba Mufti government which collapsed…

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Revoke PDP’s order regarding withdrawal of cases against stone-pelters: BJP leader to Guv

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A Bharatiya Janata Party leader on Wednesday requested Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra to revoke former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s order to drop cases against stone-pelters in the Valley. In his letter to the governor, BJP leader Ajay Agrawal said the order was against the law and should be cancelled in “overall national interest”. Agrawal argued that the state government had decided to withdraw such cases without taking into consideration the opinion of the individual paramilitary/Army and other personnel who were the victims. “[The] State has no power to…

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Five reasons why saffron party finally dismantle the untenable alliance

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The only legitimate question that can be asked of a moribund alliance lying in a coma at the intensive care unit is this: What motivated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to pull the life support plug now? There are five reasons why the BJP was finally compelled to dismantle the untenable alliance. 1. Differences over extension of non-initiation of combat operations The BJP, under pressure from Peoples Development Party (PDP), had half-heartedly agreed to it as part of coalition compulsion but it eventually came to a conclusion it may have to pay a steep…

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A reluctant BJP & PDP alliance that wasn’t meant to be

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Mehbooba Mufti was in her office in the Srinagar Civil Secretariat on Tuesday afternoon when news flashed that the BJP had ended the alliance with the PDP; also marking the sudden and surprising end to the 26-month rule of J&K’s first woman Chief Minister. An official at the Civil Secretariat said the CM was shocked and asked the officials to confirm the news. The alliance was a razor edge walk for both parties, which have opposing geneses, different vote banks, rivalling ideologies and no common ground. The PDP, a party…

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Kashmir dispute above Indian constitution: Hurriyat (G)

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Terming Kashmir dispute as above the Indian constitution, Hurriyat Conference (G) chief spokesperson G. A. Gulzar said that the only acceptable solution to this vexed issue lies in the compliance of the United Nations Resolutions on Kashmir. Elaborating the crystal clear stand of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, the spokesperson said that the five point formula presented by Hurriyat Conference in 2010, provides a baseline for any dialogue with India. The spokesperson further clarified that this formula lays down the criteria that unless India accepts Kashmir as a dispute, it would…

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Masjids, Madrasas not propagating real Islam in Kashmir: BJP leader Aijaz Hussain

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Hours after two Jammu and Kashmir policemen were killed and six security personnel were injured in twin pre-dawn attacks, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Youth Morcha leader, Aijaz Hussain put out a scathing post on Facebook. In his post, Hussain wrote, “If killing innocent people is jihad , better change molvis of masjids & teachers in madrasas. we need introspection, real Islam is not been taught rightly in masjids and madrasas.” Hussain, the national vice president of the BJYM, speaking to Kashmir Post stated that he stood by his statement on Facebook…

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