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Mehbooba’s provocative statements led to downgrading of J-K into UTs: PDP’s Baig
Baig demanded that the Centre release political detainees in J&K, restore statehood, and give domicile rights to locals at par with other hilly states in the country.
Written by Arun Sharma | Jammu | Updated: January 9, 2020 8:52:57 pm
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Senior PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig Thursday showered praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, saying “nobody had a complaint against these three of being corrupt or anti-Muslim”.
However, said Baig, there are “always people in every society who kill their own brothers and children”, referring to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Speaking to mediapersons in Jammu, the PDP leader also had a piece of advice for Kashmir politicians. “While approaching the Centre for talking on Jammu and Kashmir issues, you will have to talk in a dignified and civilised manner. You cannot achieve anything by coercing the Prime Minister, Home Minister or the NSA.” he said.
Baig described as unfortunate a statement of his party chief Mehbooba Mufti, that there would be “no one in Kashmir to uphold the Tricolour if the Centre fiddled with Article 370 or 35A”. Pointing out that this statement was made in his absence, he said: “I am on record having said that this has resulted in downgrading of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to a UT.”
This is not the first time Baig has stepped away from PDP’s line. In October, when NSA Ajit Doval had held a lunch for a group of 27 European lawmakers — the first foreign delegation to visit Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 — Baig had attended it. The PDP had then said the leader did so in his personal capacity.
On Thursday, Baig demanded that the Centre release political detainees in J&K — including the three former chief ministers — restore statehood, and give domicile rights to locals at par with other hilly states in the country.
The demand from Baig has come two days after an eight-member delegation comprising former ministers and ex-legislators called on Lt Governor G C Murmu and submitted him a memorandum raising similar demands.
“Why have you detained them for the past 5-6 months? They have sworn by the Indian Constitution, contested elections, stood against Hurriyat Conference, their relatives have been killed by Pakistani bullets,” Baig said.
“If you have any proof of their involvement in any anti-national activity or corruption, try them under relevant provisions of the law. They are held under provisions of Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code. Even a naib tehsildar is empowered to release anyone under this,” he added.
Baig said Dr Farooq Abullah was detained under the PSA only after one of his friends moved the Supreme Court challenging his detention, and this was why other former CMs were scared of moving an application to the naib tehsildar for their release.
Baig reiterated his old stand that the National Conference and the PDP made a mistake by boycotting panchayat elections.
He held leaders of Kashmir’s political parties responsible for giving a wrong impression to the people that Article 370 gave the state a separate identity or provided it a way to secede from India. “Otherwise, even Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and Home Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda in 1960s had said this provision of the Constitution stood eroded with the Centre getting powers to make laws for J&K on many matters,” he said.
Mehbooba’s provocative statements led to downgrading of J-K into UTs: PDP’s Baig
Baig demanded that the Centre release political detainees in J&K, restore statehood, and give domicile rights to locals at par with other hilly states in the country.
Written by Arun Sharma | Jammu | Updated: January 9, 2020 8:52:57 pm
In October, when NSA Ajit Doval had held a lunch for a group of 27 European lawmakers, B
Senior PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig Thursday showered praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, saying “nobody had a complaint against these three of being corrupt or anti-Muslim”.
However, said Baig, there are “always people in every society who kill their own brothers and children”, referring to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Speaking to mediapersons in Jammu, the PDP leader also had a piece of advice for Kashmir politicians. “While approaching the Centre for talking on Jammu and Kashmir issues, you will have to talk in a dignified and civilised manner. You cannot achieve anything by coercing the Prime Minister, Home Minister or the NSA.” he said.
Baig described as unfortunate a statement of his party chief Mehbooba Mufti, that there would be “no one in Kashmir to uphold the Tricolour if the Centre fiddled with Article 370 or 35A”. Pointing out that this statement was made in his absence, he said: “I am on record having said that this has resulted in downgrading of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to a UT.”
This is not the first time Baig has stepped away from PDP’s line. In October, when NSA Ajit Doval had held a lunch for a group of 27 European lawmakers — the first foreign delegation to visit Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 — Baig had attended it. The PDP had then said the leader did so in his personal capacity.
On Thursday, Baig demanded that the Centre release political detainees in J&K — including the three former chief ministers — restore statehood, and give domicile rights to locals at par with other hilly states in the country.
The demand from Baig has come two days after an eight-member delegation comprising former ministers and ex-legislators called on Lt Governor G C Murmu and submitted him a memorandum raising similar demands.
“Why have you detained them for the past 5-6 months? They have sworn by the Indian Constitution, contested elections, stood against Hurriyat Conference, their relatives have been killed by Pakistani bullets,” Baig said.
“If you have any proof of their involvement in any anti-national activity or corruption, try them under relevant provisions of the law. They are held under provisions of Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code. Even a naib tehsildar is empowered to release anyone under this,” he added.
Baig said Dr Farooq Abullah was detained under the PSA only after one of his friends moved the Supreme Court challenging his detention, and this was why other former CMs were scared of moving an application to the naib tehsildar for their release.
Baig reiterated his old stand that the National Conference and the PDP made a mistake by boycotting panchayat elections.
He held leaders of Kashmir’s political parties responsible for giving a wrong impression to the people that Article 370 gave the state a separate identity or provided it a way to secede from India. “Otherwise, even Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and Home Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda in 1960s had said this provision of the Constitution stood eroded with the Centre getting powers to make laws for J&K on many matters,” he said.
Mehbooba’s provocative statements led to downgrading of J-K into UTs: PDP’s Baig
Kashmir news: Govt deal in works for release of Omar and Farooq Abdullah ?
M Saleem Pandit | TNN | Updated: Jan 11, 2020, 2:52 IST
SRINAGAR: There were strong indications on Friday, a day after foreign envoys arrived in Jammu and Kashmir to assess the situation, that the government was working out a deal where MP and National Conference chairman Farooq Abdullah and his son, MLA and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah, would be released from detention in exchange for their promise that they would take a break from active politics for a while.
Well-placed government sources said the offer was being readied and the Abdullahs may be approached.
A top government source said one idea was to find a way to nudge the Abdullahs to move for a while to the UK. The sources said the two could, however, run their party's affairs through "agents in the UT of J&K".
The Abdullahs have been in detention since J&K was stripped of its special status on August 5 last year and later bifurcated into two Union Territories.
26 detainees released
This came even as the J&K government on Friday revoked the detention warrants of 26 people, including senior lawyer Nazir Ahmad Ronga of Nishat.
Ronga, a former Kashmir bar Association president, is a close associate of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a separatist who is chairman of his faction of the Hurriyat Conference.
The revocation of the provisions of the J&K Public Safety Act of 1978 against the 26 came hours after the Supreme Court directed the J&K administration to review the curbs imposed in the UT while saying the freedom of speech and conducting business on the internet are protected under the Constitution.
Kashmir news: Govt deal in works for release of Omar and Farooq Abdullah? | India News - Times of India
M Saleem Pandit | TNN | Updated: Jan 11, 2020, 2:52 IST
SRINAGAR: There were strong indications on Friday, a day after foreign envoys arrived in Jammu and Kashmir to assess the situation, that the government was working out a deal where MP and National Conference chairman Farooq Abdullah and his son, MLA and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah, would be released from detention in exchange for their promise that they would take a break from active politics for a while.
Well-placed government sources said the offer was being readied and the Abdullahs may be approached.
A top government source said one idea was to find a way to nudge the Abdullahs to move for a while to the UK. The sources said the two could, however, run their party's affairs through "agents in the UT of J&K".
The Abdullahs have been in detention since J&K was stripped of its special status on August 5 last year and later bifurcated into two Union Territories.
26 detainees released
This came even as the J&K government on Friday revoked the detention warrants of 26 people, including senior lawyer Nazir Ahmad Ronga of Nishat.
Ronga, a former Kashmir bar Association president, is a close associate of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a separatist who is chairman of his faction of the Hurriyat Conference.
The revocation of the provisions of the J&K Public Safety Act of 1978 against the 26 came hours after the Supreme Court directed the J&K administration to review the curbs imposed in the UT while saying the freedom of speech and conducting business on the internet are protected under the Constitution.
Kashmir news: Govt deal in works for release of Omar and Farooq Abdullah? | India News - Times of India
Please read my comments on the other thead regarding what USA wants. Merge this news with that and you will get better and bigger picture. These idiot Americans have never voiced a thing about Balochistan or KP or POJK but want to give advice to us. WHY??
J&K sovereign part of India, Pakistan should vacate PoK: British MP
British MP Bob Blackman on Sunday said that Jammu and Kashmir was a sovereign part of India and that Pakistan should vacate PoK first. He was speaking at the "Balidan Divas" or Day of Sacrifice event held in London on Saturday.
J&K sovereign part of India, Pakistan should vacate PoK: British MP
British MP Bob Blackman on Sunday said that Jammu and Kashmir was a sovereign part of India and that Pakistan should vacate PoK first. He was speaking at the "Balidan Divas" or Day of Sacrifice event held in London on Saturday.
J&K sovereign part of India, Pakistan should vacate PoK: British MP
I have heard this shit about what happened to Kashmiri Pandits. I am a Brahmin myself but I do not cry for them. They induced this on themselves when they sided with muslims to stop Hindus from settleling in Kashmir in 1947-48. What you sow is what you reap. You as kashmiri Pandits cheated Hindus, now you are facing the after effects of it. Kashmiri Pandits had highest positions in Kashmir. They felt intimidated by other well qualified Hindus coming to Kashmir in 1947-48 from POK and forced all non kashmiri hindus to go to Jammu only. They thought that they could dominate muslims of kashmir with their superior education and knowledge,
Every kashmiri Pandit is a product of deshdrohi pandits. I do not cry for them. They got what they deserved and asked for. Stop waisting your time for these idiots. I have been to the house of this so called Pandit in delhi. His house is like a palace. so much for dispalced Kashmiri pandits.
Every kashmiri Pandit is a product of deshdrohi pandits. I do not cry for them. They got what they deserved and asked for. Stop waisting your time for these idiots. I have been to the house of this so called Pandit in delhi. His house is like a palace. so much for dispalced Kashmiri pandits.
Many kp that I met had a holier than thou attitude towards rest of the Hindus simultaneously also being a dhimmi when dealing with Islam. I could never figure out the reason behind it. Their king at the time of independence was reluctant to join India. Sometimes I think deep down somewhere for some reason they don't don't consider themselves as Indians.