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Kashmir becomes voiceless in Indian parliamentKashmir, Kashmir -IOK 2021-02-14, by Editor Comments Off 3
For the third time in history, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir will go without any political representation in Rajya Sabha the upper house of the Indian parliament.
Four members of the parliament from the region, including leader of the opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, are retiring by the end of this week, leaving their seats vacant.
The region disputed between India and Pakistan used to send six directly elected MPs to Lok Sabha the lower house and four members elected by the state assembly to represent Rajya Sabha, also called the house of states.
IIOJK becomes voiceless in Indian parliament
Retirement of four members leaves occupied region without any representation in the upper house
NEW DELHI:
For the third time in history, the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) will go without any political representation in Rajya Sabha the upper house of the Indian parliament.
Four members of the parliament from the occupied region, including leader of the opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, are retiring by the end of this week, leaving their seats vacant.
On Aug 5, 2019, when Narendra Modi government revoked the autonomy and divided the state into two federally-controlled territories a move widely condemned by Kashmiris and Pakistan alike Lok Sabha’s seats were redistributed, with five going to Jammu and Kashmir and one to the Ladakh region.
JKCA money laundering case: ED attaches Rs 12 crore assets of Farooq Abdullah, others
The ED probe is linked to alleged financial irregularities found in the J&K Cricket Association, according to official sources on Saturday, December 19
BusinessToday.In | December 19, 2020 | Updated 20:01 IST
Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 11.86 crore of former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and several others with respect to a money laundering investigation.
The probe is linked to alleged financial irregularities found in the J&K Cricket Association, according to official sources on Saturday, December 19.
A Consequential Kidnapping
Ved Marwah
Mufti Sayeed with Rubaiya after her release. Photo Courtesy: Sunday
On 8 December 1989, JKLF activists kidnapped Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter Rubaiya Sayeed, a medical student, while she was returning home in Srinagar. The Home Minister’s daughter had no security attached to her, and till the kidnappers rang up a local newspaper’s office about their demands for her release no one, not even her family members, knew anything about the kidnapping. Such an incident had not taken place earlier in the state and everyone was taken by surprised
This kidnapping, and the way it was handled, became a watershed in the history of terrorism and secessionist movement in the state. I was an eyewitness to the events, first in New Delhi and later in Srinagar. I was, at that time, posted as the Director-General of the National Security Guards. I received a call around dinner time asking me to immediately reach the Home Minister’s house at Akba