Tuesday, August 13th, 2019

On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks about reports of violence in Kashmir, and offered to send him an aircraft so he could visit the Valley and see conditions for himself. The governor’s invitation Speaking in Jammu in reply to a question on statements by some leaders and media reports about violence, Malik said he had invited Rahul Gandhi to come. “I will send you a plane, to observe (the situation) and then speak up,” he said, adding that aRead More

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram alleged on Sunday, speaking at a public event in Chennai, that the BJP ended Jammu and Kashmir’s special status because the region has a Muslim majority. BJP leaders condemned the remark on Monday as “provocative and irresponsible”. What Chidambaram said The former Union home and finance minister claimed the government would not have acted had the state been Hindu-majority. He said that in the 70 years since independence no state had been turned into a Union Territory, and asked why only Jammu and Kashmir wasRead More