Sulking Farooq

It is difficult to predict former chief minister Farooq Abdullah8217;s views. In an interview to The Indian Express recently, he alleged th...

It is difficult to predict former chief minister Farooq Abdullah8217;s views. In an interview to The Indian Express recently, he alleged that the Union Government had sidelined him when he was the one who had always supported India on the issue of Kashmir. But on October 24, when he and his son and National Conference chief Omar Abdullah survived a bid on their lives at Anantnag, Farooq immediately demanded a high-level inquiry into the attack by the Central Government. When asked how he could have so much faith in the Centre when he had accused it of 8216;8216;pushing him to the ball8217;8217;, Farooq replied: This is a separate issue. I don8217;t have faith in the state security, so I have demanded a Central inquiry.8217;8217;

A prayer for Laloo8217;s prime ministership

Sadhu Yadav, RJD MP and brother-in-law of Railway Minster Laloo Prasad Yadav, was in Jammu recently to pay a visit to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. Yadav, who was visiting the shrine for the first time, said: 8216;8216;Maine ma Vaishno Devi se NDA ke haarne aur RJD ki kendra sarkar mein bhagidari ki mannat maangi thi or uske poore hone per yahan aaya hoon.8217;8217; But Yadav came here with another wish. 8216;8216;Lalooji ke pradhanmantri banne ki dua bhi mangoonga. Woh secular hain or sabse popular leader hain country ke. Halanki abhi iska waqt nahin aaya. Now the Congress should beware!

Hindi Chini bhai bhai

The growing relationship between India and China is soon going to be played out in the field. The Indian Army has planned a volleyball match between India and China at Chushul, 150 km from Leh, in Jammu and Kashmir. This will be the first volleyball match to be played between Indian and Chinese teams in the past several years. The match has been planned for November 4.

I-Day: Aug 15 or Oct 27?

The entire country celebrates Independence Day on August 15. But for Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party JKNPP leader and member of the J-K Legislative Council, Bhim Singh, independence day for Jammu and Kashmir falls on October 27. Explaining how, Singh says: 8216;8216;The Instrument of Accession was signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on October 27, 1947 after which J-K became an integral part of India. Prior to this, J-K was a sovereign state. So obviously, this day is independence day for the people of J-K.8217;8217; However, state BJP spokesperson Hari Om does not agree with Singh8217;s argument, and says the JKNPP leader has started an unnecessary controversy on the issue. 8216;8216;J-K is an integral part of India, so August 15 is Independence Day for J-K as it is for the other states,8217;8217; he adds.

All in the family

Some politicians can8217;t just let go of the constituencies they once represented. At least this seems to be true for two Congress MPs 8212; Madan Lal Sharma Jammu and Lal Singh Udhampur. Sharma and Singh managed to secure tickets for their brother and wife respectively for the recent by-elections in Akhnoor and Basoli. These are the constituencies they once represented before they were elected to the Lok Sabha, and both stressed that the tickets should be given to their relatives to ensure the party8217;s victory. Both got their wishes fulfilled and fortunately, for the party, both candidates won the elections. But it does not end there. Now the two MPs want that both be made ministers. Reason: Before they were elected to Parliament, they were also ministers in the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led coalition government.