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On J&K’s Statehood Demand, Ram Madhav Says Yes, Then Adds A Caveat

On J&K’s Statehood Demand, Ram Madhav Says Yes, Then Adds A Caveat

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J&K Results: Ram Madhav said, “We are favour of the UT getting statehood sooner rather than later”. New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir will get its statehood but there seems to be some small print involved, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav indicated today. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, the leader who was in charge of the Union Territory, said the BJP has committed to a return of statehood “on the floor of the House”. But asked about a time frame for it, he said, “You remember one thing. Jammu Kashmir has travelled a lot of distance in the last 5 to 10 years. It gave up its terror-based identity, it is a very peaceful state in terms of separatism… even Jamaat has joined the electoral process. That is a very big achievement. But those in power in the state should be reassuring the people in Delhi that they won’t bring those tendencies back into this region. Then full statehood is possible”. “There are people who are demanding the release of all terrorists in jail, demanding …

J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s Power To Nominate MLAs Sparks Row Ahead of Poll Results

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New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor’s power to nominate five members to the assembly has sparked a massive row ahead of tomorrow’s counting of votes. The Congress, its ally National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti’s Peoples’ Democratic Party have contended that providing such powers to the Lieutenant Governor is a subversion of the people’s mandate as it will be used to benefit the BJP. Their voice has been strengthened by the exit polls, which while predicting a fractured mandate, has maintained that the Congress-National Conference alliance is far ahead in the race. The BJP, which went solo in the election, has never ruled Jammu and Kashmir on its own. After the 2014 election, it had formed government with the PDP, and pulled out of the alliance in 2018. The next year, it had scrapped the Constitution’s Article 370 which gave Jammu and Kashmir its special status and divided the state into two Union Territories. This is the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in a decade. The non-BJP parties now contend that the …