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Sonia Gandhi, Omar Abdullah blame Centre, PDP-BJP govt for current unrest in Kashmir

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi today blamed the Centre and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir for the current unrest in the border state, accusing them of “colossal failure” and “systematically alienating” the local population in the Valley. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday blamed the Centre and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir for the current unrest in the border state, accusing them of “colossal failure” and “systematically alienating” the local population in the Valley. The fresh offensive by the Congress against the BJP over the crisis in…

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BJP sticks to guns, gets its stand ‘Cleared’ at CSC meet: Police Caderization

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said its stand on the police caderization issue, which had brought it at loggerheads with its ally PDP, was “cleared” during the Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting held on Monday. Talking to Kashmir Post, state general secretary of BJP Ashok Koul said the cabinet would now take a final call on the matter. He said the CSC meeting, held under the chairmanship of BJP minister Chandra Prakash Ganga, took place as “quorum was complete.” “Drabu Sahab had come. The meeting took place as four members were…

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Pakistan can not take Kashmir issue to ICJ: Sushma Swaraj

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Asserting India’s stand that Islamabad cannot take Kashmir issue to the International Court of Justice and the issue has be to resolved bilaterally. India wants to settle all issues with Pakistan through Highlighting the achievement of the Modi government’s three years of achievements, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj reiterated India’s stand that India wants to settle all issues with Pakistani through dialogue, but talks and terror cannot go together. While denying any flip-flop on the part of government in handling Pakistan, the Minister ruled out any meeting between Prime Minister…

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Traders funding separatists to fuel violence in J&K under NIA scanner

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Traders under suspicion used to export goods having over-invoiced bills and they would route the amount thus raised, to pro-freedom leaders for to fund unrest in Kashmir. The trade and business with Pakistan has come under scanner of the National Investigating Agency (NIA), as it has allegedly fallen into the hands of money launderers, who are using it to fund separatists to fuel violence in valley. Several teams of NIA, since the last 48 hours, have been conducting raids in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Delhi in connection with an…

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Congress booklet gets Jammu-Kashmir map wrong, BJP calls it shameful, seeks apology

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The booklet has been printed and released by the All India Congress Committee. A 15-PAGE booklet distributed by the Congress on Saturday during party UP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad’s visit to Lucknow included a map that mentioned a part of Kashmir as “Indian-Occupied Kashmir”, leading the BJP to allege that “Congress and Pakistan both speak the same language”. The map was included in the booklet in reference to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Named ‘National Security Endangered.. Bravado, Rhetoric, Hyperbole Rules…!’, the booklet mentioned that the corridor is worth $54 billion…

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Pak, UAE currencies seized in fresh raids

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Terror funding: NIA searches 7 more locations in Srinagar, Jammu, Gurgaon; incriminating material found The National Investigation Agency today recovered currencies of Pakistan, UAE and Saudi Arabia as it conducted raids for the second consecutive day on Sunday at seven more locations belonging to separatists and traders suspected of hawala activities in Srinagar, Jammu and Gurgaon. The NIA has been probing funding to separatists to fuel unrest in the Valley. The residence of Ayaz Akbar Bhat, a close aide of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, at Maloora, Srinagar, was…

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People from Kargil to Chenab Valley part of Kashmir struggle: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Accusing New Delhi of “undermining” the Kashmir struggle, the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the political struggle in the state “lives deep” in the heart of every citizen from Kargil to Chenab Valley. Responding to statements by central leaders that Kashmir problem was limited to few districts only, Mirwaiz said these “deceitful and divisive” statements are issued by people at the helm in Government of India. “The political struggle of people of J&K for self-determination is not confined to Kashmir Valley only but is…

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BJP’s betrayal of coalition promises pushes PDP to lash out

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice president Sartaj Madni has taken serious exception to the BJP’s approach towards Kashmir on behalf of his party. In a statement on 31 May, Madni urged the coalition partner to give up its “confrontationist politics” and check its “provocative voices”. Dialogue The Only Way More importantly, he once again made a strong pitch for dialogue with Hurriyat and Pakistan despite the fact even though the BJP has ruled out any engagement with Kashmiri separatists. “The PDP is in alliance with the BJP on a clear agenda of…

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Neither Hurriyat, nor Pakistan stakeholders in Kashmir: BJP

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The BJP today made it clear that neither the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) nor Pakistan was the real stakeholder in the final resolution to the vexed Kashmir issue. The BJP issued the statement after its coalition partner PDP had strongly favoured the involvement of all stakeholders, including the APHC and Pakistan, in the dialogue process. In a handout issued here, state BJP spokesman Brig Anil Gupta (retd) took strong exception to PDP vice-president Sartaj Madni’s statement in which Madni had recommended dialogue with all stakeholders, including Hurriyat and Pakistan.…

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Major Gogoi not the first, New Delhi has a history of ‘promoting’ violence in the Valley

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A series of controversial and often disdainful remarks by Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat should not be seen in isolation of the tense situation in the Kashmir Valley, where the counter-insurgency grid is resorting to old, worn-out tactics in dealing with new challenges on the ground – making matters even worse. If the growing ranks of militants over the last two years was not a problem enough, the campuses of educational institutions are now turning into battlegrounds. As the army chief himself admitted, there is enough military power to…

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