Jammu Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP), strongly criticized the recent announcement by the Chairperson of the Waqf Board, Darakshan Andrabi regarding the recruitment of Imams and Muazzins with degrees, expressing concerns about the underlying motivations behind the decision. In a statement issued to media, the Party’s Chief Spokesperson Syed Suhail Bukhari said the move seems to be an attempt to implement the agenda of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which aims to gain control over the pulpit of Mosques and Khanqahs in Jammu Kashmir. Bukhari noted that the pulpit holds…
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Rahul Gandhi accuses RSS of controlling Union ministries
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched an attack at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) alleging the right-wing organisation of placing its own people in every institution of the country. In a video clip, reportedly from a public interaction in Ladakh, Gandhi claimed ministers in the Union Cabinet are not the ones taking decisions but a certain ‘gentleman from the RSS’ who they have to work with to decide what should happen in the ministry. The RSS is widely considered as the ideological wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the…
Read MoreRSS, which tried to separate Jammu from Kashmir, is observing J&K’s Accession today
On October 26, 1947 Jammu and Kashmir acceded to the Union of India. But the Sangh Parivar played no role in it, in fact opposed the accession and tried very hard to separate Jammu from Kashmir Arun Sharma BJP’s predecessor, the Jan Sangh, its political mentor the RSS and the organization supported by these two, the Jammu based Praja Parishad had no role to play in the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India, which happened on 26 October 1947. But they have started appropriating the legacy…
Read MoreAyodhya On Alert -2 Lakh people expected tomorrow, claim VHP & RSS
There is heavy security in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya ahead of a Dharam Sabha or religious meeting called on Sunday by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to push for the construction of a Ram temple and a two-day visit beginning today by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. Hundreds of policemen have been deployed at the disputed Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Majid site and prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed. Devotees are being allowed darshan at the makeshift temple there in small batches, a senior officer said. The Uttar Pradesh…
Read MoreNC criticises Mufti for defending BJP, RSS
The National Conference (NC) on Wednesday criticised Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for defending the BJP and RSS and said this was not the voice of people who had voted for him. “The impression that Mufti wants to create within and outside the country is totally wrong. It is Mufti’s personal voice and not the voice of people who had voted for him,” said NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar. He said Mufti and the PDP had asked for votes to stop the march of the BJP. “People of the…
Read MoreRSS, BJP promoting design to trifurcate JK on communal lines: Tarigami
‘State’s diversity under attack; idea of India under threat’ Senior CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam M Y Tarigami Monday accused the RSS and BJP of promoting a design to ‘trifurcate’ state on communal lines. Tarigami also said the Sangh’s (RSS’s) project is not only to damage the state but the idea of India is under threat. The senior communist leader said the regional division of the state is a long cherished dream of the RSS. “We all know that it has been their (RSS) dream to divide the state…
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