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BJP ‘Stunned’ but mum over Drabu’s dismissal

March 13, 2018 Editor

Within minutes of sacking of Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu from the Council of Ministers, the state government postponed Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. The meeting is now scheduled to be held on March 20. Although no reason was given for rescheduling the meeting, it is believed that the PDP leadership wanted to take its coalition partner BJP on board about its step on Drabu. Sources said the BJP leadership, which is stunned over Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s decision to sack Drabu for his remarks on the Kashmir problem, has decided to hold…

Haseeb Drabu, the man who helped stitch PDP-BJP Alliance in J&K

March 13, 2018 Editor

Known to be a ‘Sympathiser’ of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) in its initial years, Drabu, a former Jammu and Kashmir Bank Chairman and a loyalist of then PDP chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was appointed by the party to do the maths with the BJP over a possible government formation in the state. In 2015, history was created in Kashmir. For the first time, the BJP had made inroads into the valley and was about to form a government with the PDP. The alliance was about to be…

Civilian killings must stop in Kashmir, forces should show restraint: Dineshwar Sharma

March 9, 2018 Editor

The government’s interlocutor on Kashmir on Wednesday appealed to the security forces to “show restraint” in the Valley and put an end to “civilian killings”, describing the recent spate of violence in the region as a “setback,” a report by Hindustan Time said. “Civilian killings must stop. The security forces must show restraint and not resort to disproportionate firing,’’ HT quoted Dineshwar Sharma, a former chief of the Intelligence Bureau, saying in an interview. “I was hoping for a better summer but violence has come as a setback. Amongst the…

BJP ministers to take up coalition woes with Mehbooba Mufti

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Editor

Amid widening gulf between two coalition partners over contentious issues, all BJP ministers would meet Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday to register their protest over unilateral decisions being taken by the government on “sensitive” issues. Sources said the decision to meet the CM was taken following directions from the Central leadership as the BJP high command had taken a serious note of controversial policy orders of the government. “Many decisions on sensitive issues were taken unilaterally by the PDP ministers and these are going to prove disastrous for the…

Sangh to re-devise J&K strategy at Nagpur Conclave

March 5, 2018 Editor

As the PDP-BJP coalition completes its half term, the top leadership of the Sangh Parivar will review the performance of this “experiment” during a four-day crucial conclave scheduled to be held from March 15 to 18 at Nagpur. All issues pertaining to J&K will be thoroughly discussed at the conclave to re-devise a future strategy for the state. Sources said it was the first time that the Sangh Parivar had decided to convene such a long meeting to deliberate on legal, political, economic, social and cultural issues of Jammu and…

Kathua Case being given communal colour; Mehbooba, PDP ‘Playing Politics’; Nirmal

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Editor

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti attended a youth convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here today. As some political parties and fringe groups are politicising the rape and murder of eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Mehbooba, in a veiled attack on her coalition partner BJP, said the gruesome act was being given a communal colour. “In Kathua, a big incident happened when an eight-year-old was raped and killed. However, unfortunately today that is being given a religious colour,” Mehbooba said. She asked the youth to defeat the nefarious designs of the…

BJP sowing seeds of ‘Discord’ in Jammu: Tara Chand

March 3, 2018 Editor

Senior Jammu-based leaders of the Congress party on Friday blamed the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) for “sowing the seeds of discord” in the Jammu region. Talking to Kashmir Post senior Congress leader and former deputy chief minister, Tara Chand, said, “We want to keep Kashmir, Ladakh and Jammu together. Our party doesn’t believe in divisive politics at all.” Senior vice president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee and former minister, Sham Lal Sharma said that Jammu division “is heading towards a disastrous. Serious efforts are being put to…

Basant Rath cracks whip on commercial activities on residential premises

March 3, 2018 Editor

Asks Divisional Commissioners to take action Basant Rath, IGP (Traffic), has now turned towards people who are using residential areas for commercial purposes and causing traffic congestion. The IG has written to the Divisional Commissioners of both Jammu and Kashmir regions to take appropriate action against the violators. Rath, in two different letters to the Divisional Commissioners, stated that a lot of commercial establishments were operating in residential areas in different municipal areas, which was not only violating the municipal rules, but also creating traffic congestion. “Owners have been playing…

BJP takes on Mehbooba Mufti sides with Hindu Ekta Manch

March 3, 2018 Editor

Don’t detain anyone, don’t interrogate anyone: BJP minister asks Police The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cabinet ministers Choudhary Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga took on Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti by addressing a rally at Kootah organised by Hindu Ekta Manch that is fighting for the release of the rape-and-murder accused of an eight-year-old Gujjar girl. “Let the CM return, I and Lal Singh will meet her and ensure that the investigation is handed over to CBI as people have lost faith in the Crime Branch probe,” Industries Minister,…