The CBI is conducting a probe into suspected corruption linked to the awarding of civil contracts for the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project valued at Rs 2,200 crores.
Co-founder of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffar Hussain Beigh attended a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Jammu on Tuesday.
After rejoining PDP with much publicity on January 7, Former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Beigh on Tuesday disassociated himself from the party and said that he would never apply for membership of the party.
Amid heavy downpours, the Prime Minister addressed a huge gathering at MA Stadium in Jammu on Tuesday. Before addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth Rs 32.5 thousand crores.
Farooq Abdullah said that Ghulam Nabi Azad got frustrated after his experiment with floating a new political party failed. He further said that Azad ditched the Congress party, which lifted him from the grassroots and gave important positions.