J&K: Omar Abdullah's demand intended to create 'separatists psyche', says Jaitley
5 years, 9 months ago

J&K: Omar Abdullah's demand intended to create 'separatists psyche', says Jaitley

India TV News  

Taking on former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, Union minister Arun Jaitley Monday said his demand for revival of the post of prime minister and president in J&K is intended to create a "separatists psyche" and asserted that new India would never allow any government to commit such blunders. The two mainstream parties -- NC and Peoples Democratic Party of Mehbooba Mufti -- in Kashmir are increasingly losing their identities, Jaitley said in a blog. The senior BJP leader and Union Finance Minister also said statements of the two parties that the constitutional link between the State and the country is based on solemn assurance of Article 35A were unacceptable. Jaitley said Abdullah's demand of reviving the post of Wazir-e-Azam and Sadar-e-Riyasat is only intended to create a "separatists psyche".

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Mehbooba Calls for Reconciliation Between India and Pakistan in J&K
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mehbooba Calls for Reconciliation Between India and Pakistan in J&K

Live Mint  

Mehbooba Mufti, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has called for reconciliation between India and Pakistan to end the terror attacks in the Union Territory. She expressed her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the recent attack in Gund, Ganderbal, and called on both countries to take a proactive approach to resolving the issue.

J&K voters have to choose between separatism, development: Union Minister Reddy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

J&K voters have to choose between separatism, development: Union Minister Reddy

The Hindu  

Setting narratives for the upcoming elections in J&K, Union Minister G.K. Reddy, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election incharge of J&K, on Friday took on the National Conference -Congress alliance in the Union Territory and said the choice in elections is “between terrorism and separatism or development and peace”. Our party will work for the interest of the youth of J&K,” …

Kashmir's separatist leader, once tagged as 'Prisoner of Conscience', has his politics questioned
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Kashmir's separatist leader, once tagged as 'Prisoner of Conscience', has his politics questioned

Hindustan Times  

Kashmir’s senior separatist leader Shabir Shah, who recently turned 70 in Delhi’s Tihar jail, has spent almost three decades in different jails of J&K and the country, earning him the sobriquet ‘Nelson Mandela of Kashmir’. Shabir Shah's run-ins with the law For the past seven years, Shabir Shah has been in jail for "waging war against the country" and in …

Pakistan Making Another Bid to Revive Separatist Movement in Kashmir, Sources Tell CNN-News18
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan Making Another Bid to Revive Separatist Movement in Kashmir, Sources Tell CNN-News18

News 18  

Pakistan is making another attempt at reviving the separatist movement in Kashmir, giving it the local form and face of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference. The ISI wants to start the separatist movement before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections while another reason is that the separatists were facing acute paucity of funds since …

Can Ghulam Nabi Azad Reinvigorate J&K's Political Scene and Reclaim His Status?
2 years, 4 months ago

Can Ghulam Nabi Azad Reinvigorate J&K's Political Scene and Reclaim His Status?

The Quint  

Nowhere has Ghulam Nabi Azad’s exit from the Congress party hit a nerve as much as in J&K—the veteran leader’s home turf. Veering away from what is known to be a five-decade-long association, Azad who resigned from all posts within the party on 26 August is all set to venture into his new political ambitions in the form of an …

Mehbooba Mufti vows to restore J-K Constitution, BJP hits back, says "propagating anti-national agenda"
2 years, 5 months ago

Mehbooba Mufti vows to restore J-K Constitution, BJP hits back, says "propagating anti-national agenda"

India TV News  

Highlights PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti vows to restore J-K Constitution On Aug 5, J&K moved into its third year as a Union Territory BJP hit back at her remarks accusing her of propagating an "anti-national agenda" As Jammu and Kashmir moved into its third year as a Union Territory after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution, …

Yasin Malik Gets Life Term: J&K's Separatist Politics Nearing an End?
2 years, 7 months ago

Yasin Malik Gets Life Term: J&K's Separatist Politics Nearing an End?

The Quint  

Yasin Malik’s conviction under the charges of financing terrorism turns a page on another significant period of Kashmir’s trouble-torn history. Sentencing 56-year-old Malik, who headed the Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front, to imprisonment for the remainder of his life will effectively deal a sledgehammer blow to the organised form of separatist politics in Kashmir, which was already tottering along the …

Yasin Malik’s conviction may end separatist politics
2 years, 7 months ago

Yasin Malik’s conviction may end separatist politics

The Hindu  

The conviction and likely imprisonment of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik, 56, in a terror funding case, will not only keep him off-the-scene but also completes the dislodgement of the main faces of the separatist spectrum in the Kashmir Valley. The past 30 years of Kashmir's separatist politics was dominated by three names: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Syed …

How India has contained terrorism in Kashmir but normalised the separatist ideology
3 years, 2 months ago

How India has contained terrorism in Kashmir but normalised the separatist ideology

Firstpost  

The State should up the ante against jihad in Jammu & Kashmir and not dilly-dally over it because of political compulsions Jammu and Kashmir has slipped into a state of uncertainty and ominous disquietude due to the unabated killings of civilians and attack on security force personnel by the Islamist terrorists. Deep-seated separatism in Kashmir Indian state has been fighting …

J&K poll precondition by Mehbooba, Omar disservice to people: BJP leader
3 years, 6 months ago

J&K poll precondition by Mehbooba, Omar disservice to people: BJP leader

India TV News  

Senior BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Saturday said the reported decision of former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah of making their participation in assembly election conditional will be a great “disservice to people of Jammu and Kashmir”. According to media reports, NC leader Omar Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti have made their participation in the assembly election …

Valley’s voice: The Hindu Editorial on J&K’s Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration
4 years, 2 months ago

Valley’s voice: The Hindu Editorial on J&K’s Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration

The Hindu  

The announcement, on Thursday, by five regional parties and the CPI, of the formation of the ‘Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration’ to fight for the restoration of full statehood and special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir, is one that has also coincided with the release of former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti after 14 months in detention. The Gupkar …

Mutilation of Kashmir: Separatist voices stilled but a diehard new breed is born
4 years, 5 months ago

Mutilation of Kashmir: Separatist voices stilled but a diehard new breed is born

Deccan Chronicle  

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir’s separatist camp has been in a state of stagnation since August 5 last year when the central government cancelled the state’s special status and bifurcated it into two Union Territories. While the mainstream political leaders have been by and large silent, even the key faces in the separatist camp, whose writ once raast sections of the …

Far & Near: Kashmir after the Abdullahs' release
4 years, 9 months ago

Far & Near: Kashmir after the Abdullahs' release

Deccan Chronicle  

After his release on Tuesday from nearly eight months in detention, former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah called for the release of all political prisoners of the former state. Like his father Farooq Abdullah, the most senior of the three J&K CMs put behind bars in August 2019 when New Delhi swooped down on …

How pro-Islamist lobby is whitewashing threat by Omar Abdullah of Kashmir breaking away from India by attacking PM Modi
4 years, 11 months ago

How pro-Islamist lobby is whitewashing threat by Omar Abdullah of Kashmir breaking away from India by attacking PM Modi

Op India  

Ever since the abrogation of Article 370, the pro-Islamist lobby has been gunning for Prime Minister Modi with the most despicable lies and propaganda. In the parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Modi hit out at Kashmir politicians like Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti for their threats prior to the abrogation of Article 370. Read: Jammu and Kashmir: NC’s Omar Abdullah and …

J&K parties will fight attempt to abrogate special status of state: Farooq Abdullah
5 years, 5 months ago

J&K parties will fight attempt to abrogate special status of state: Farooq Abdullah

India Today  

Regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday unanimously resolved to fight any attempt to abrogate the constitutional provisions that guarantee it special status or any move to trifurcate the state. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, reading out a resolution adopted at the meeting, said the parties have decided to send delegations to meet the president, the prime minister and …

J&K governor upbeat, but talks with Hurriyat unlikely due to Pakistan meddling, BJP's caveat and separatists' house arrests
5 years, 6 months ago

J&K governor upbeat, but talks with Hurriyat unlikely due to Pakistan meddling, BJP's caveat and separatists' house arrests

Firstpost  

The Pakistani connection to separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir rules out the possibility of a dialogue with the Hurriyat or any other group in the near future and also raises the question of whether the olive branch is a ploy or a mark of serious intent to resolve the Kashmir dispute. Soon after the governor spoke of the softening …

Dialogue with Hurriyat counter-productive, separatists should acknowledge J&K as integral part of India, says BJP
5 years, 6 months ago

Dialogue with Hurriyat counter-productive, separatists should acknowledge J&K as integral part of India, says BJP

Firstpost  

Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday opposed a dialogue with the Hurriyat Conference, claiming that any talks with the separatists would be counter-productive. Jammu: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday opposed a dialogue with the Hurriyat Conference, claiming that any talks with the separatists at this stage would be counter-productive and a retrograde step.“The Joint Resistance Leadership should publicly acknowledge the …

'Democracy a battle of ideas': Mehbooba Mufti condemns ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JK), says Centre being high-handed
5 years, 10 months ago

'Democracy a battle of ideas': Mehbooba Mufti condemns ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JK), says Centre being high-handed

Firstpost  

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who has been vocal regarding events in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, on Friday condemned the “crackdown” on the separatist group Jamaat-e-Islami. On Thursday, the Centre banned the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir for five years under the anti-terror law on grounds that it was “in close touch” with militant outfits …

'Imitate spirit of Kartarpur corridor in J-K by opening routes across LoC, IB': Farooq Abdullah to India, Pak governments
6 years, 1 month ago

'Imitate spirit of Kartarpur corridor in J-K by opening routes across LoC, IB': Farooq Abdullah to India, Pak governments

India TV News  

Expressing his views on strengthening Indo-Pak relations, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday urged India and Pakistan to "imitate the spirit of the Kartarpur corridor" in Jammu and Kashmir by opening all routes across the Line of Control and the International Border. He said had the NC been after power and position, his father and party founder Sheikh Mohammad …

Congress exploring alliance with Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti to form J&K govt: Azad
6 years, 1 month ago

Congress exploring alliance with Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti to form J&K govt: Azad

Hindustan Times  

In an indication of a grand alliance shaping up in Jammu and Kashmir, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the Congress and regional parties Peoples Democratic Party and National Conference are in talks to explore the possibility of forming a government in the state, reports ANI. After the BJP withdrew its support from the PDP in June, there …

Kashmiri people should stand with Govt, not with separatists in fight against terrorism: Arun Jaitley
6 years, 2 months ago

Kashmiri people should stand with Govt, not with separatists in fight against terrorism: Arun Jaitley

India TV News  

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday, urging the people of Kashmir to be on India's side, said the people of Kashmir ought to stand with the government and not with the separatists in the fight against terrorism. Exhorting the Kashmiris to unitedly fight against terrorism, he said it is absolutely essential for all of us that in this battle, we …

Pakistan polls: Separatists in J&K adopt wait-and-watch approach, say army will determine policy no matter who wins
6 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan polls: Separatists in J&K adopt wait-and-watch approach, say army will determine policy no matter who wins

Firstpost  

A day ahead of the general elections in Pakistan, separatists in Kashmir said political parties in the neighbouring country desisted from making Kashmir a major campaign issue. Srinagar: A day ahead of the general elections in Pakistan, separatists in Kashmir said political parties in the neighbouring country desisted from making Kashmir a major campaign issue. Senior separatist leader and Hurriyat …

Mehbooba Mufti warns BJP against 'dividing people' in Jammu and Kashmir, tells party not to 'make more Yasin Maliks'
6 years, 6 months ago

Mehbooba Mufti warns BJP against 'dividing people' in Jammu and Kashmir, tells party not to 'make more Yasin Maliks'

Firstpost  

Issuing a stern warning to the BJP-led central government in New Delhi, People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said that trying to divide people and interfering in Jammu and Kashmir will give birth to more separatist leaders. Issuing a stern warning to the BJP-led Central government in New Delhi, People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said that trying to divide …

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