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PDP, BJP workers clashed in Rajouri; scores injured

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Five people were injured today in a clash between the PDP and BJP workers during an agitation in Rajouri for a separate Nowshera district in J&K. The BJP and PDP are allies in the Mebooba Mufti government. “Five people were reportedly injured in an assault by some people in Nowshera belt (Rajouri district),” a senior police officer said. Sarpanches Bhadur Singh and Sukhdev Singh, Chhotu Ram Choudhary, Narinder Kumar, alias Mangu, and Om Parkash were injured, he said, adding that they were referred to the Government Medical College and Hospital…

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PDP, BJP engage in war of words over Rohingya settlement

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The war of words over the settlement of Rohingya in Jammu has intensified between the BJP and the PDP as the saffron party today hit back at its coalition partner for ‘supporting’ the illegal settlement of foreigners in sensitive locations on the outskirts of Jammu city. While the face-off between the coalition partners has already started on the issue, the Panthers Party today shifted the blame on the Congress and the BJP for settling Rohingya in Jammu for politics. The campaign against the settlement of Rohingya gained momentum after the…

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PDP, NC MLA’s urge police to refrain from attacking militant families

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The PDP and NC MLAs have urged on the Police to desist from attacking the families of the militants stating that this was risking the lives of the workers in the militancy infested areas of South Kashmir. A number of PDP workers that Kashmir Post spoke to said that they were apprehensive about the lives of their families MLA Tral, Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, said the security forces should “stop harassing the families of militants. “It has only landed poor workers in trouble. When you ransack their houses, they (militants) will…

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PDP, BJP have divergent views on Rohingya deportation in J&K

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The PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir have divergent views on deportation of Rohingya Muslim refugees living in the State with PDP favouring their stay saying nothing adverse has been found against them while the saffron party advocates their deportation. “We favour Rohingya Muslims stay in the State as Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has already made it clear that there is no adverse report from any intelligence agency against the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in J&K,” PDP chief spokesman Mehboob Beg told Kashmir Post. As per J&K government, atleast…

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PDP, NC put up united front before Rajnath Singh over Article 35A

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BJP sticks to abrogation demand Omar flags concern over GoI’s ambiguity in defending JK’s Special Status in SC Need to maintain status quo on special position of State as per AoA: PDP The ruling PDP and opposition National Conference Sunday put a united front before Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and sought protection and safeguarding of Article 35-A, which grants special privileges to residents to Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir-based legislators and parties also sought protection of special status of the state but PDP’s ruling alliance partner BJP pitched for…

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PDP, NC fume over BJP minister’s ‘Bullet’ remark

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Industries and Commerce Minister Chander Prakash Ganga’s remark against anti-nationals and traitors has triggered a political storm among Kashmir-centric parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Conference (NC). In a video that has gone viral, Ganga has termed stone-throwers as “traitors”, saying that they were fomenting violence in the Valley on Pakistan’s direction. The minister demanded that such elements be treated with bullets. “All traitors whether they have come from Pakistan or from here (the state) should be treated with bullets. And, if not bullets, they should be…

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PDP, BJP not on same page over petition challenging Article 370

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Saffron party reluctant to contest the public interest litigation filed in Delhi High Court Even as the state Law Department has announced that it will fight the petition filed in the Delhi High Court challenging Article 370, the BJP, which is part of the coalition regime, has expressed ignorance about any such decision taken by the government. “I am not aware of any such decision by the government to fight the petition in the Delhi High Court,” said Minister of State for Law Ajay Nanda, who belongs to the BJP.…

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NC, PDP, Cong acting as New Delhi’s collaborators: Rasheed

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Warns New Delhi of dire consequences over NEET, separate township issue AIP chief and MLA Langate Er Rasheed Wednesday said NC and Congress have no moral right to condemn or accuse PDP as all these three parties have acted as “collaborators” of New Delhi and were responsible for creation of “Kashmir dispute”. While addressing a public gathering at Qammar in Verinag, Er Rasheed asked people to get united “to get rid of these anti-Kashmiri forces”. “The lust of power among NC and PDP has reduced the regional parties to the…

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PDP, BJP to axe important faces in Mehbooba Govt?

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As officials at the Jammu and Kashmir Raj Bhavan and the civil secretariat skipped their Sunday holiday to address protocol and legal issues related to Monday’s swearing-in of an elected government, intense speculation did the rounds on who will get a berth or will be axed in new council of ministers. Governor N.N. Vohra formally invited Mehbooba Mufti, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief, on Saturday evening to be sworn-in as the new chief minister of the state on Monday. Initial reports about the composition of the council of ministers…

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PDP, BJP face April 9 deadline to form govt in J&K

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The window for PDP and BJP to sort out their differences and form a government in Jammu & Kashmir is shrinking rapidly as the state assembly, now in suspended animation, must meet by April 9 to avert its dissolution. Though the state came under governor’s rule after PDP patriarch Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed away in January, the relevant date for dissolution of the assembly is October 10, 2015 when it last met. In accordance with Article 53 of Jammu and Kashmir Constitution, there cannot be an intervening gap of more…

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