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Left, regional parties join hands to launch People's United Front
Mob management
10 CRPF battalions leave J&K for five poll-bound states
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Mufti slams NC, Cong for ‘damaging’ democracy
NC leader hits out at PDP
Panches find Sair-e-Watan tour fruitful
Govt grievance redressal system on the anvil
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Left, regional parties join hands to launch People's United Front
Srinagar, October 30 The announcement was made by state secretary of the CPM and MLA MY Tarigami at a public rally organised at Sher-e-Kashmir Park here today. The other leaders who joined the new front include Hakeem Mohammad Yasin of the People’s Democratic Front, president of the JKNDF Abdul Rashid Kabuli, state president of the Samajwadi Party Sheikh Abdul Rehman, president of the IDP ID Khajuria, state secretary of the CPI Abdul Rehman Tukru and Lok Janshakti Party leader Sanjay Saraf. “Keeping our identity intact, we decided to form a front with an alternative platform and a policy that was required in view of the problems of the
people of the state,” Tarigami said. “The decision to launch the front was taken not in view of the elections, but because we want to solve the problems of the people who have been suffering for so many years. The government is not doing anything but making
hollow promises,” Tarigami said. He expressed concern over the sufferings of the people living alongside the border. He urged both India and Pakistan to maintain the sanctity of the ceasefire pact. Speaking on the occasion, PDF leader and Khansaheb MLA Hakeem Mohammad Yasin said the Kashmir issue should be resolved to ensure progress and development of the state. He urged India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue on the table to end the miseries of the people of the state. Other leaders, including Abdul Rashid Kabuli and Sheikh Abdul Rehman, Abdul Rehman Tukru and Sanjay Saraf of the Lok Janshakti Party, also addressed the meeting. |
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Mob management
Srinagar, October 30 The respondent state contended that the instant petitions did not serve any public interest, but seems to be an attempt by the petitioners to gain publicity over a very sensitive issue. “The J&K police is committed to safeguarding life and property of the people. It aims at maintaining normalcy and peace in the state so that people do not face hardships. The actions taken to achieve this goal are based solely on good faith and are backed by the mandate of law,” the government had argued. It was further contended that to ensure minimum loss of life and damage to the property, the law enforcing agencies had procured for the use of various non-lethal munitions, including tear gas shells and oleoresin grenades, to disperse unruly mobs. “The tear smoke and oleoresin grenades are internationally accepted non-lethal means of controlling unruly mobs to restore law and order. It becomes imperative for the police to use force for controlling the mobs by using non-lethal weapons like tear gas and oleoresin grenades to avoid causalities,” the government said. It was further stated that stone-pelting mobs, besides pelting stones, also used catapults and petrol bombs to attack the security forces, giving them no chance to disperse those unruly mobs by means of lathicharge. While dismissing the PILs, the Division Bench of the High Court held that all these petitions were dismissed along with the connected civil monetary penalties related the use of pepper spray and pellet guns in mob management. |
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10 CRPF battalions leave J&K for five poll-bound states
Srinagar, October 30 “The CRPF has shifted 10 battalions from J&K as these would be deployed for the forthcoming Assembly elections in five states. Out of the 10 battalions, eight have been shifted from Kashmir,” said Inspector General, CRPF, PK Singh. “Once the elections are over, these CRPF men would be redeployed in the state,” he added. The Assembly elections in the five states will start from November 11 and end on December 4. At present, there are nearly 48 battalions of the CRPF, comprising nearly 50,000 men, who are deployed across the Valley. In Srinagar, 23 battalions are deployed and the rest are stationed in other districts of the Valley. Sources said eight CRPF battalions, comprising over 6,000 men, were shifted from Kashmir after considering all aspects of the internal security. “The withdrawal was made in such a way that the overall security has not been compromised in Kashmir,” said a government official. There are 12 CRPF battalions in the Jammu region comprising nearly 10,000 men. In all, there are 60 battalions of the CRPF in the state. Two battalions from Jammu have been shifted to the poll-bound states.
The CRPF has been assisting the J&K Police in maintaining law and order and tackling counter-insurgency operations since 2005 when they replaced the BSF for the internal security across Kashmir. After 2005, the primary task of the CRPF was to take on the counter-insurgency operations in the state. But after the 2008 Amarnath land row followed by consecutive two years of street protests, the force is largely involved in maintaining law and order in the Valley. On poll duty
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Mufti slams NC, Cong for ‘damaging’ democracy
Jammu, October 30 PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, while addressing a function to welcome prominent NC leader from the Vijaypur Assembly segment Harmesh Singh Slathia into the party fold, said besides the NC, the Congress was equally responsible for undermining the democratic institutions in J&K. The coalition government in the 2011 budget session had promised to conduct the urban local bodies elections but nothing had been done so far, the PDP leader said. He recalled that that it was during the PDP-led regime that elections to the civic bodies were held after a gap of more than two decades. “The civic bodies elections were scheduled to be held in February 2010 but the government has been delaying the elections without any reason,” he said. Mufti, who was addressing a public meeting in Jammu for the first time after a few of his party leaders joined the Congress, hit out at the Congress for “adopting double standards” for strengthening democracy. Notwithstanding the claims of the Congress for seeking more powers for panchayats, Mufti said the coalition government had allegedly humiliated the panchayat members because no steps were taken to strengthen Panchayati Raj in the state. The “indifferent attitude” of the government towards taking a decision on empowering panchayats and the “inordinate delay” in conducting civic bodies election reflected the “dictatorial mindset of the present dispensation”, he added. |
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NC leader hits out at PDP
Jammu, October 30 “The PDP is suffering from a crisis of faith with its patron publicly sending wavering signals,” Rana said at a function held
at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan to welcome the new entrants from the Bajalta area into the party.
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Panches find Sair-e-Watan tour fruitful
Jammu, October 30 The tour was organised
to give them an opportunity to witness economic development and have an exposure about the
functioning of various government bodies, especially panchayats, in other parts of the country. During their interaction with Lt General Chachra, they expressed their gratitude to the Army for organising the tour. During the 12-day tour, the sarpanches and panches were taken to different villages of Amritsar district in Punjab and Jaipur district in Rajasthan. Interacting with their local counterparts, they got an insight into the progress being made by the Panchayati Raj institutions and their role in various development activities. They also got an
opportunity to witness the success stories of many small-scale, and cottage industries. Bashir Ahmed Naik, sarpanch of Trenna village, said: “The tour has helped us understand our potential and how influential we can be in transforming the existing condition of poverty and unemployment in our villages.” Buoyed up by the tour, sarpanch of Kachar village Abdul Gani said, “On my return I am determined to bring about a positive change in my village.” Apart from gaining
exposure in the field of development and agriculture, they also visited places of historical interest such as Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh and Wagha Border in Amritsar; Hawa Mahal, Sheesh Mahal and Amer Fort in Jaipur; and Jama Masjid, Red Fort and India Gate in Delhi. |
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Govt grievance redressal system on the anvil
Srinagar, October 30 The decision has come after the directions from the Union Rural Development Ministry in order to ensure that the benefits of the scheme reach the poor people. Jammu and Kashmir has been facing a lot of criticism from the Union Government for its failure to utilise the money meant for the construction of houses for the poor people under the IAY, a national housing scheme. “The revised guidelines of the IAY provide for setting up of a grievance redressal system at the block and district level to look into the selection of the beneficiaries, release of installments, non of support service and convergence with other schemes and choice of design/ construction technology made by the beneficiary,” an order issued by the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Rural Development Department, Satish Kalothra, read. “The guidelines further read that multiple modes must be provided to the complainants for registering a complaint with the authorised officials. All such complaints must be duly acknowledged with a dated receipt. Time limits must be set for the disposal of complaints,” the order said. — TNS
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Four regional parties and the state units of the CPI and the CPM today launched the People’s United Front as an alternative to the three major players.
Srinagar, October 30
Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra, GOC-in-C, Northern Command, today flagged in a national integration tour named Sair-e-Watan under Operation Sadbhavana at Udhampur and interacted with a group of sarpanches and panches from remote and economically backward areas of Khari in Ramban district.
