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BJP consolidated its vote bank via Delimitation Commission: Mehbooba Mufti

March 27, 2022 Editor

Accusing Delimitation Commission of carrying out a flawed exercise, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday raised questions on its integrity and called it a “BJP commission” Accusing the Delimitation panel of carrying out a flawed exercise, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday again raised questions on its integrity and called it a “BJP commission”. She said that “the PDP is an eyesore for the BJP because we oppose their arm-twisting tactics and revocation of Article 370.” Responding to media queries in Ramban…

No Peace in Kashmir until govt holds dialogue with Pakistan, J&K People: Mehbooba Mufti

March 27, 2022 Editor

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday reiterated her call to the BJP government for dialogue with Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that peace would be elusive as long as the Kashmir issue remained unresolved. She called upon people to vote for the constituents of the People’s Alliance for Gukpar Declaration (PAGD) – an alliance of several parties, including the National Conference, PDP, and Communist Party of India (Marxist) – in the next assembly elections to defeat the BJP’s attempt to gain power and seal its “wrong…

‘The Kashmir Files’ is aimed to divide people, omitted Jagmohan’s role: Sitaram Yechury

March 25, 2022 Editor

Senior communist leader and Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday hit out at the makers of The Kashmir Files claiming the film is aimed to divide people. He questioned why only Kashmiri Pandits left the Valley when Muslims, Sikhs, and others too had suffered during militancy in the initial years. The CPI(M) leader said the film will have ramifications on the ground as it is polarising people based on religion. “The people belonging to any religion or sect including Muslims, Sikhs, and Kashmir Pandits have suffered…

Jawaharlal Nehru of internationalize the ‘Kashmir Issue’ by taking it to the United Nations: Nirmala Sitharaman

March 23, 2022 Editor

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday accused India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru of internationalizing the Kashmir issue by taking it to the United Nations. Speaking in Rajya Sabha Sitharaman said the issue should not have gone to the global forum as it was an internal issue. Nehru had appealed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) through a petition filed in January 1948 — after the outbreak of the first war between India and Pakistan. Based on his petition, the council had established the United Nations Commission for…

Omar’s assertion of passing resolution in assembly on special status restoration a big lie: Sajad Lone

March 23, 2022 Editor

Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said “assertions of Omar Abdulah and his party National Conference of passing a resolution on the revocation of Article-370 and 35 A in the assembly if voted to power was another gimmick and a big lie.” “It is Parliament which stripped J&K of its special status. We don’t agree with it and have taken the fight to court. However, the supremacy of the Parliament can’t be challenged by any assembly. Further J&K is now a Union Territory whose powers wrest with Lieutenant…

Farooq Khan LG’s adviser resigns, set to get key role in BJP

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 Editor

Farooq Khan, the former adviser to Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, said on Monday that he belonged to BJP since the very beginning and will share information at the “right time” if he contests the assembly elections. Khan, 67, a retired IPS officer who was instrumental in breaking the backbone of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir in the early 1990s, submitted his resignation on Sunday evening to the ministry of home affairs and said he is hopeful that it will be accepted. He had earlier served as a…

Fake Story: ‘The Kashmir Files’ is far from truth claims Omar Abdullah

March 19, 2022 Editor

The National Conference on Friday broke its silence on ‘The Kashmir Files’ and said the movie was far from the truth as the movie makers have ignored the sacrifices of the Muslims and Sikhs who had also suffered from militancy. Vice-president of the party and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah said that if ‘The Kashmir Files’ is a commercial movie, no one has an issue, but if the filmmakers claim that it is based on reality, then the facts are the other way round. “When the…

Instead of healing old wounds and creating a conducive atmosphere between the two communities, the Centre is ‘Deliberately tearing them apart’: Mehbooba Mufti

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Editor

The aggressive manner in which the Centre is promoting “The Kashmir Files” film and “weaponising” the pain of Kashmiri Pandits makes its “ill intention” obvious, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief said instead of healing old wounds and creating a conducive atmosphere between the two communities, the Centre is “deliberately tearing them apart”. “The manner in which GOI (Government of India) is aggressively promoting Kashmir Files & is weaponising pain of Kashmiri Pandits makes their ill intention obvious,” Mehbooba Mufti wrote on Twitter.…

Media in Kashmir is being ‘Choked’ due to local admin curbs; PCI fact-finding committee

March 15, 2022 Editor

A three-member Fact-Finding Committee (FFC) of the Press Council of India (PCI) has said that news media in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in Kashmir, was “slowly being choked” due to extensive curbs imposed by the local administration. The FFC, in its report submitted last week, has also advised the J&K administration to immediately stop the “tendency” to see all critical reporting and opinions as “anti-national”. “A conflict zone has many players and many aspects of events that unfold. A journalist cannot and should not ignore the government version; at the…

Delimitation panel releases draft proposal for public remarks

March 15, 2022 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission on Monday released its draft report for public remarks and sought objections and suggestions from residents of the union territory before March 21, which will be considered by the panel in its public sitting on March 28 and 29. There isn’t much difference between the first and second draft proposals that were given to associate members of the commission, but in the new report, names of some assembly constituencies have been kept the same as they were in the erstwhile state. For example, the…