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Hidden Agenda – Another favor from PDP to BJP, Abstains from voting for Rajya Sabha VC

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In a move to favour the old ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday decided to abstain from voting in the election for the post of Vice Chairman in Rajya Sabha. PDP chief spokesperson, Rafi Ahmad Mir said PDP has decided to abstain from voting for the election of the post of Rajya Sabha Vice Chairman. He said party president Mehbooba Mufti directed PDP’s Rajya Sabha members to abstain after holding consultations with senior party leaders. “A whip has been issued by the party in this…

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Abrogating toxic Article 35A only way to normalize Kashmir; how long should India pay for Nehru’s mistakes? Major General Sheru Thapliyal

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Jawaharlal Nehru was a great man. But he was also a short-sighted politician. More than 50 years after his death, the Indian state is still paying a heavy price for its first prime minister’s myopia on Kashmir. It is not enough for leaders to be virtuous. They must also be visionary. Sadly, Nehru was not. He was admittedly handed a complicated script by Sheikh Abdullah who could never get over his ambition of ruling over an ‘independent’ Valley instead of trying to be the leader of Jammu and Kashmir (read…

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Why is Article 35A important for Jammu and Kashmir?

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The Supreme Court is all set to give the judgment on the petitions filed by an NGO, We the Citizens, who has challenged the validity of Article 35A of the Constitution, granting special privileges to Jammu and Kashmir. What is Article 35A? Jammu and Kashmir’s permanent residents enjoy special rights under article 35A. Only the permanent residents have the right to own immovable property, settle permanently, or avail state-sponsored scholarship schemes. This article also restricts companies from hiring non-resident persons in the state The first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and…

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Protest programme against scraping Article 35A will continue despite deferment of hearing: JRL

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Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) – a conglomerate of separatist outfits – on Monday said the protest programme against assault on Article 35-A will continue despite the deferment of hearing on the state subject law by the Supreme Court. “…as the hearing of the case regarding the hereditary state subject law of J&K has been simply deferred from today till last week of August by the Indian Supreme Court, when the Amarnathji Yatra ends, the protest programs against tinkering with the law will continue as leadership deliberates upon it,” the JRL…

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#Article35A – People Speak

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Repealing Article 35A will end J&K’s relationship with rest of the country: Shah Faesal Outspoken IAS officer Shah Faesal today said repealing of Article 35A of the Constitution would end Jammu and Kashmir’s relationship with the rest of the country. Faesal, a 2010-batch IAS exam topper, is currently pursuing a mid-career masters programme in the US. “I would compare Article 35A to a marriage-deed/nikahnama. You repeal it and the relationship is over. Nothing will remain to be discussed afterwards,” he said in a tweet. He said the accession of Jammu…

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Citing local bodies polls, J&K Govt seeking adjournment of Article 35A hearing

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The state government on Friday said it would request the Supreme Court on Monday to adjourn the hearing on Article 35A, citing preparations for upcoming panchayat and urban local bodies (ULBs) elections as the reason. Government’s standing counsel in the apex court Shoeb Alam submitted before the court’s registry that he will be seeking adjournment of the case on Monday, when the case comes for hearing. “The undersigned will be seeking an adjournment on account of the ongoing preparations for the upcoming panchayat/municipal elections in the state of J&K. The…

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Outrage over Article 35A ‘Tinkering’, Soz, NC leaders raise concerns with Governor

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The outrage over the efforts to tinker with Article 35-A is gripping the entire Valley, with people in Srinagar expressing their resentment by pasting posters against the move on their vehicles. The three-wheelers displaying these posters not only catch the attention of people but many videos of these three-wheelers have been uploaded on social media in Kashmir. Similar posters were also seen pasted on cars, taxis and other vehicles appealing people “to observe complete shutdown on 5th and 6th August against the move”. The posters read “observe complete strike on…

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Don’t know anything about PDP-BJP coming together again: Ram Madhav

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Asked to comment on media reports suggesting PDP and BJP will form a coalition government in J&K again, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav said he “did not know anything about all this”. “I can’t say anything. I do not think so,” Madhav told Kashmir Post. “I do not know anything about all this,” he added hurriedly. “Thank you nothing more,” he said. Madhav is one of the most well-known faces of saffron party and BJP’s point man for Jammu and Kashmir. It was Madhav who had announced that BJP…

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Kashmir’s political parties and separatists unite, threaten mass agitation ahead of Article 35A case hearing in SC

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Tensions are simmering in the Kashmir Valley where civil society groups and people across the political spectrum are threatening to launch a mass agitation in the wake of the hearing on Article 35A of the Indian Constitution before the Supreme Court on 6 August, amid apprehensions that the law may be struck down. Article 35A, the Jammu and Kashmir State Subject Law which defines permanent residents of the state and prevents non-locals from buying or owning property in the state, has been challenged by an NGO, ‘We the Citizens’, and…

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JRL represents feelings of Kashmiris on legal challenge to Art 35A: Saifuddin Soz

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Senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz today said the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) can represent the “intense feelings” of Kashmiris on the legal challenge to Article 35A of the Constitution that protects the special residency rights in Jammu and Kashmir. “I have convinced myself that the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) and the Civil Society (JKCSDS) can adequately represent the intense feelings of Kashmiris, who are as a class emotionally involved with this issue. It is my humble advice that this delicate matter should be left at that level,” he said in…

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