Srinagar, Apr 14 : Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone has yet again asked Omar Abdullah to clarify whether he met the top brass of the BJP post 2014 Assembly election results to discuss government formation.

“It is time you give a clear answer. You have projected yourself as the sole warrior to save the people of Kashmir from the BJP. But if you were in talks with them for government formation, you will have to come out and tell the people that all along you have been lying and that you are a covert BJP stooge, have allied with them in the past and will ally with them in the future”, Sajad said in a statement.

He said that this theatre enacted by Omar Abdullah has to come to an end.

“You want to project yourself as the new ideological defender. You can’t take on that role. You are bereft of any ideology. Lust for power does not add up to an ideology. We will keep on reminding you about the talks that you held with the BJP for government formation. We have reminded you earlier and we will remind you again”, he added.

Sajad said that Farooq Abdullah has time and again gone out of the way to lick up to BJP-RSS.

“The sole reason Farooq Sahib raised slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ at a function to remember late Atal Bihari Vajpayee was to keep the RSS in good humor. The sole reason Farooq Abdullah wanted to start the construction of Ram Mandir temple was to keep them in good humor”, he added.

In response to the allegations levelled by Farooq Abdullah, Sajad said that the last person on mother earth to lecture about morality is Dr. Farooq Abdullah.

“A person charge sheeted by the CBI and out on bail, for stealing 120 crores in the JKCA scam, is the new sermonizer of financial morality in the town. If anything goes to credit of Farooq sahib, it is in terms of setting new standards of thievery. Dr. Farooq sahib sits on assets worth thousands of crores and is the most notorious mismatch between known sources of income and wealth holding. I promise I will apologize publicly if you are able to match your income with the huge wealth that you have accumulated. It would take an entire book to record the details of loot and plunder. Under Omar Abdullah regime a non-state subject friend was inducted as a director in the JK Bank, who gained the sobriquet of corporate broker. Hundreds of crores were loaned to non-state subject companies who were blacklisted or on the verge of joining the category of NPA. It is a well known fact that the commission rate going for granting loans was 2-5%. So will ‘Mr. 2-5%’ aka Omar Abdullah tell us what his net earnings was from the kickbacks received from these companies? We will come up with details very soon”, he added.

Srinagar, Apr 14 : Senior National Conference (NC) leader and MLC Qaisar Jamsheed Lone has alleged that PDP workers are harassing and terrorizing workers of JKNC and other parties in Diver Lolab.

“After miserably failing in fighting us electorally and their failed attempt of booth capturing in Diver, PDP workers are harassing and beating our party workers and other parties,” Lone said in a statement.

He also condemned the attack on Congress Parliamentary candidate Baramulla constituency Haji Farooq Ahmed by PDP workers at polling station in Diver Lolab.

“Imagine if they can attack and manhandle a candidate who has security, what sense of security will our party workers have,” he said.

“I want to congratulate the district administration for ensuring free and fair elections throughout Lolab, particularly in Diver, where booth capturing had become a norm,” he added.

He also appealed to the district administration for looking into the matter of political workers from different parties being threatened and harassed, “even now after the polling has ended and ensure their safety”. 

Srinagar, Apr 14 : Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former minister Ashraf Mir on Sunday said Farooq Abdullah is not a leader and PDP candidate Aga Mohsin, the representative of a major community is set to win against the National Conference president Farooq Abdullah from Srinagar parliamentary constituency.

As per news agency, talking to reporters after addressing an election meeting at Sonwar, Mir said, “Farooq Abdullah is not a leader who has the following of general masses and Aga Mohsin known for his huge following of a major community is set to win from Srinagar parliamentary constituency against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah.”

Saying that PDP has an agenda for Kashmir resolution, protection of special status of the state and return of normalcy through peace and dialogue, Mir said, “PDP will stick to its commitments if voted to power.” (KNS)  

Srinagar, Apr 14 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday termed PDP’s self rule formula the most pragmatic approach to resolve the decades old Kashmir conflict and reiterated that peace will remain elusive in the state unless peoples’ aspirations aren’t taken into account by both India and Pakistan.

Addressing worker’s convention in South Kashmir’s Kulgam, Mehbooba said that the world has now realised how Kashmir issue, if allowed to remain unsettled, could become a major cause for pushing both India and Pakistan towards brink of a nuclear war. She said that it is high time that both the countries for their greater common good address Kashmir issue on priority and to begin with, PDP’s Self Rule formula is the best option as already described by the saner voices of South Asia.

“It was Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who made confidence building measures and engagement both internally and externally the most inseparable features of Kashmir and made people at the helm in New Delhi and Islamabad realize that Jammu and Kashmir could be opened up to the rest of the world through all our traditional routes to China, central Asia and other geographies. We have been demanding that the two fragmented parts of Kashmir must be made into a single unit without changing borders and free trade, free movement of people, students and professionals, joint initiatives in tourism and education is initiated,” Mehbooba said.

The former chief minister said that the day coalition government in the state fell in June last year, she had cautioned against the adoption of muscular approach for Kashmir will turn the situation more gruesome and worrying. However, according to the PDP President, it seems that there is only muscular policy and no other policy that has been adopted for the people of Kashmir

She added that peace state’s permanent feature, announcement of mega development projects and opening up the doors of coffers will not help in any way as these policies have failed to yield the desired results and they will fail in the future also.“We have to learn from what is happening around the world including Afghanistan where there is a thrust on dialogue and Pakistan has been counted as a major stake holder. Talks is the only way forward and it is only through non-confrontational approach that we will be able to give our coming generations a safer and tranquil place to live. Making peace of graveyard prevalent and never worked and will never work,” said Mehbooba.

PDP leaders who attended the convention include Sartaj Madni, Nazir Ahmad Laway, Abdul Majeed Padar, Abdul Ghafar Sofi, Mohammad Amin Dar, Gh Mohi-ud-din, Sheikh Talib Hussain and several others.

Furthermore, NC leader Bashir Ahmad Malik joined PDP and was welcomed by the party President into the party fold. 

An army Major was injured critically late Satuday night after he slipped into a deep gorge in upper reaches of Kumkadi forests in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

A police official told GNS that the Major of 57 RR slipped into the gorge during a patrol in Kumkadi area of Haihama adjacent to Machil sector along the Line of Control (LoC).

The officer identified as Vikash sustained serious injuries and was immediately shifted to military hospital Drugmulla.

He was later taken to army’s 92 base hospital Badamibagh Srinagar for specialized treatment. (GNS)