Srinagar, Jan 02 : The state Bharatiya Jana Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that the party is ready to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir from all 87 constituencies, saying that the party has geared up and has convened a series of meetings to strengthen the party at grass-root level.
According to KNS correspondent, BJP General Secretary (Organization), Ashok Koul said that the party is ready for the elections and is presently concentrating on parliamentary elections, which would likely be held in March this year.
He added that the party has convened district core committee meeting in Kulgam, Anantnag and will convene in other districts also, which are aimed to strengthen the party at grass-root level keeping in view of the parliamentary and assembly elections.
Referring to a query, Koul said that after losing three states, the morale of any party is bound to go down but the party is preparing itself and it seems the morale of party workers are high.
“We hope that we will win with a good margin,” he said, while reacting to the claims of Congress.
He added that in the assembly elections, the party will win more seats, saying that BJP will fight from all 87 assembly constituencies and the next chief minister for the state will be from BJP.
He Koul added that Mehbooba who earlier made a statement like where they (youth who were killed in 2016 agitation) out to buy toffee or milk, now visits the families of slain is a political gimmick, which BJP doesn’t pursue. “BJP is a party that believes in equitable development for one and all,” he said, adding that what the party utter is Srinagar will remain stick to the statement in New Delhi also.
He added that in Jammu, the party has huge public support and will emerge winner from more seats as compared to the past elections, adding that at present “there is no consideration over joining hands with NC to come into the power after assembly elections.”
He also added that the PM Modi will be meeting 12-year-old Kashmir girl, Hanaya Nisar whom Modi mentioned in Mann ki Baat recently.
Hanaya, hailing from Kokernag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district recently bagged a gold medal in 2018 International Martial arts contest in South Korea.
Koul said PM Modi will meet the girl within three-four days. (KNS)
Will contest from all 87 seats of assembly constituency in JK: BJP
Submit monthly reports of development projects: Govt tells bureaucrats
Jammu, Jan 2: The government has asked all the administrative secretaries to regularly furnish monthly status/progress report about major developmental initiatives/activities to the planning, development & monitoring department for onward submission to the Raj Bhavan.
“All the administrative secretaries are directed to furnish the monthly information regarding major developmental activities and achievements during the month to the planning and monitoring department invariably by 25 of every month so as to enable the department to submit a consolidated report to the Governor’s Secretariat by third of every month,” said a circular issued by the General Administration department.
It said despite earlier instructions in this regard, the departments are not furnishing monthly details/status note regarding major developmental activities and achievements, thereby causing avoidable delay in the submission of report to the Governor’s Secretariat.
“The delay in submission of monthly report to the Governor’s Secretariat has been viewed seriously,” it said adding that all the departments should follow the set timelines on submission of monthly progress report.
Stop high jacking private vehicles at Seeloo Camp or face protests : Er Rasheed
Srinagar 02 January: Accusing Sopore police of failing to discharge its duties to stop army from harassing innocent masses, AIP President Er. Rasheed has said that to snatch private vehicles at Seeloo camp has become a routine and Sopore police is turning a blind eye towards the unlawful and inhumane behavior of Seeloo army camp. In a statement issued today Er. Rasheed said “Since past few months’ army Jawans of Seeloo camp have been picking up vehicles by force, taking the passengers and the vehicle owners hostage for hours and then using their vehicles for patrolling and other services, which is unacceptable and condemnable. Army by doing so is not only playing with the lives of innocents but on and often people feel frightened while travelling through the nearby army camp. In the latest incident yesterday four vehicles from Chadoora, Pulwama, Bandipora and Handwara were detained and taken forcibly inside the camp at around 05:00 PM. All the passengers were humiliated and taken hostage inside the camp. Their mobile phones were snatched and at around 11:30 PM tonight they were released only when the matter was brought in the notice of higher authorities. It is strange that every time when the matter was brought in the notice of SP Sopore, his approach used to be casual and answer would be misleading”. Er. Rasheed appealed Army Authorities to take notice of such incidents and said that if the top army brasses truly want their image to improve, they must punish such officers who have made lives of innocent citizens like a hell and have no accountability. He said “By just calling every incident a propaganda neither army nor police can justify their misdeeds and atrocities on Kashmiris. So called image building measures get bulldozed by such acts and giving free hand to humiliate and commit atrocities on Kashmiris will always bring a bad name to men in uniform”. Er. Rasheed added that if the practice at Seeloo camp is not stopped, masses will hit the roads and responsibility will lie on the army, police and civil administration.
Two houses gutted in Baramulla fire mishap
Lala Yaqoob
Baramulla, Jan 02 : In an overnight fire mishap two houses were gutted in Baramulla town of North Kashmir.
Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said that fire broke out in the house of Abdul Gaffar Khosa, a resident of Ganie Hamam Old Town, Baramulla and gutted it completely.
Reports said that fire then catches nearby house of Ishfaq Ahmad Kaloo which was partially damaged.
However, fire tenders with the help of locals brought fire under control but could’nt save whole house which fire broke out.
Meanwhile police took cognizance of this fire mishap.
Killing of youth who pick up arms, Losing lives painful : DGP
Agencies
Srinagar: Director General Of Police Dilbagh Singh on Wednesday said that the presence of Global militant outfit ISIS’s footprints in the valley is not huge however a section of youth is being radicalised.
“A section of youth is being radicalised otherwise presence of ISIS is not that big in Kashmir,” Singh said. Singh made these comments while addressing a presser here and was flanked by other senior officers of the police force.
Singh said that it is always pain-full when the youth who have picked up arms are killed in operations. “Kashmir is a secular society and very open but while radicalisation on those lines is happening like raising of black flags we saw the other day, ” he said while referring to recent unveiling of Daesh flags at Jamie Masjid pulpit.
He said that by such type of acts, it might be to showcase a larger presence but he said that ‘there is no big presence but radicalisation on those lines of youth is happening’. “The killing of youth who have picked up arms is not appreciable at all,” he said. He also said that the youth joining militancy a matter of concern.
Singh said that while neutralising militants is a success but at the same times losing lives is pain-full and cannot be a thing to be celebrated. “Lives of anyone be militants, forces personal is very pain-full, ” he said. Singh said that he hoped 2019 will be better year and graph of violence comes down
Vehicle skids off road in Bandipora village, passengers rescued
Sajjid Raina
Bandipora, Jan 02 : A four wheeler Scorpio has skidded off road in Kehnsu area of Bandipora in north Kashmir on early Wednesday.
Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said that a Scorpio bearing registration number JK05D 3039 was on it’s way to Sopore from Bandipora when suddenly vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a canal due to slippery condition of the road caused by fresh snowfall.
However all the passengers travelling in vehicle were resuced by locals.
Meanwhile police took cognizance of this road accident.
Pertainally Kashmir valley today received fresh snowfall
Bandipora-Gurez road closed following fresh snowfall
Sajjid Raina
Bandipora, Jan 02 : Fresh snowfall closed Gurez-Bandipora road on Wednesday.
Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said that fresh snowfall has led to closure of Bandipora-Gurez road on Wednesday.
Pertinently earlier this traffic movement on Jammu-Srinagar national stopped due to the fresh snowfall.
Kashmir valley recieves fresh snowfall
KD Desk
Srinagar, Jan 02 : Kashmir Valley, including summer capital Srinagar and other plain areas, received fresh snowfall on Wednesday.
The 40-day period of harshest winter already begin in valley last month on 21 December even as the minimum temperatures rose by several degrees to provide relief from the intense cold conditions especially in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar.
Pertinently traffic on the only National Highway which connects valley with the rest of world has been blocked at many places due to fresh snowfall.
Father tries to bury infant son with deformity, arrested
Srinagar, Jan 1 : A father tried to bury alive his infant son having deformity at Malkha graveyard in Srinagar’s Old City.
Police arrested the man who claimed to be poor and unable to sustain the son.
Reports reaching GNS said the person Manzoor Ahmad Banyari, a resident of Check Shopian, approached a gravedigger in Malkha asking him to dig a grave for the infant baby who he told him died yesterday late afternoon.
The baby, according to official sources, was born a few days back at Valley’s premier maternity hospital Lal Ded here and was suffering from a tumor.
As soon the gravedigger placed the infant inside the grave, the baby suddenly started screaming which caught the attention of locals, they said.
In the meantime, a group of people caught hold of the man and handed him over to police station Nowhatta.
A police officer while confirming the incident told GNS that a case under FIR number 72 under section 317 RPC has been registered and further investigations taken up.
However, the man has been released on court orders today, the officer said.
The officer added that the baby boy has been shifted to LD Hospital and is under treatment there in the caretaker ward. (GNS)
CRPF Assistant Commandant from Uri dies of ‘electrocution’ during Anti-Naxal Operation in Jharkhand
Suhail Khan
Srinagar, Jan 1 (GNS): An Assistant Commandant with CRPF from Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died of electrocution while leading an anti-Naxal operation at Akri area of Khunti district in Jharkhand, local police said on Tuesday.
“On 31-12-2018, on receipt of Intelligence input from SP Khunti regarding the movement of extremists, a two-day operation was launched in the forest area of Senjani, PS Arki, District Khunti(Jharkhand). 2 platoons of C/157 under command of Ghulam Jeelani Khan took LUP in the target area,” police said.
At around 1800 hours, concerned SHO told GNS that troops noticed a torchlight near the area where they had taken position.
“Anticipating contact with extremist, Ghulam Jeelani Khan along with a small team moved swiftly to place an ambush along the path where suspected extremists were supposed to move,” the SHO said, adding, “Leading from front in the darkness, he was about to reach a dominating place to lay an ambush, when he came in contact with a live electric wire of 11000.”
Having suffered serious injuries due to the electric shock, the SHO said, he was immediately evacuated to PHC Arki, where he was given first aid. “He was later shifted to District Hospital Khunti for better treatment but he succumbed to his injuries enroute,” the officer added.
Jeelani Khan, a resident of Nanzgam Boniyar Uri was a gallant officer who had joined his first operational Unit in October 2015. He was actively involved in conducting operations in his area of responsibility, leading his men from the front, a CRPF officer said.
“His excellent operational role ensured that his area was incident-free. He also volunteered to serve in Kashmir, where he was deployed along with his troops for recently concluded ULB/Panchayat elections,” he said.
In August last year, he was instrumental in unearthing a huge Maoist dump of weapons and explosives in Village Chandur, falling under the jurisdiction of police station Arki, District Khunti. (GNS)