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J&K: CM Azad to face floor test on Monday

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Posted online: Sunday , July 06, 2008 at 12:14:40


Srinagar, July 6: The odds are apparently stacked against Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad when he seeks to prove his majority in Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday but the confidence he exudes suggest that his Government might just scrape through.

Opposition National Conference, BJP and erstwhile partners of Congress in the state Government - People's Democratic Party (PDP) and National Panthers' Party (NPP) - have publicly stated that they are not going to support Azad in his attempt to continue in power till the end of his term on November 2.

The PDP, which entered into a power sharing agreement with Congress and an assortment of independent MLAs following a hung verdict in 2002 polls, pulled out from the Azad-led Government and withdrew support to it on June 28 over the issue of Amarnath land transfer.

The PDP decision reduced the Government to minority.

Governor N N Vohra asked the chief minister to prove majority on the floor of the house on July seven after Azad in a written communique informed Raj Bhawan that he enjoyed the support of majority of the assembly.

National Conference, PDP, NPP and BJP together have 48 members in the 89-member state assembly in which two women members are nominated by the Governor.

However, the chief minister has appeared unfazed even after the pull out by the PDP and public statements by National Conference leaders that they will not support the Government.

A day after PDP pulled out, Azad rather happily announced that he had forwarded all the resignations to the Governor which were accepted.

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Communal congress by Tushar arora on 07 Jul 2008

Communal Azad of congress party you should be ashamed of your communal decisions against Hindus and you have no moral or ethical authority to continue now. You are not going to come back to power ever, we all will defeat these communal forces one day.

Ghulam Nabi by A.K.Khan on 07 Jul 2008

BJP’s double standards: Protests on Amarnath land, restrictions on pilgrims in Uttarakhand.According to a notification issued in Dehradun some days ago, the government would now restrict the number of pilgrims and tourists visiting the origin of the holy river Ganga (Goumukh) to only 150 per day, which will include porters also.3144 kanal of Land and properties of Muslim Shrines,Masjids and Graveyards had been grabbed across Jammu city, 1055 kanal in Akhnoor, 1046 kanal in R S Pora, 30 kanal in Bishna and 350 kanal in Samba. The Waqf Council owns 284 shops, 169 houses and 21 buildings in these four tehsils as well – most of this property is reported to be under the forcible occupation or rented out against peanuts.

Ghulams of hatred by gourav on 07 Jul 2008

kindly do not indulge in false prpoganda and mislead people by mixing of issues. what about the properties and homes of lakhs of hindus in kashmir forced to migrate ??? Kashmiriyat is intolerance of other religions as of my experience with the kashmir's glorious track record in 80's and 90's and mass protests there intigating the migration of roughly 30 percent of kasmir's population... and by the way can you recall a single muslim killed in jammu during the last 50 years because of communal roits or bias.. kashmiris you should be ashamed of your blood stained history and the word kashmiriyat which is long dead

Lier by Wake up on 07 Jul 2008

Muslims have always find excuses to hide their treachery and anti-national activities. Why Muslims are in India after partition ? You are not welcome in India, go to your country or else face the music.

Azad to go by Varind on 06 Jul 2008

On Monday will be day day for Ghulam Nabi. He will be free (AZAD) of treacherous power sharing.Azad's example of Azadi will show the way to PM at centre as well.

No confidence motion by vijay on 06 Jul 2008

Politicians like Gulam Nabi Azad have tremendous confidence in an old saying 'money makes merry-go-round'.No political party in India seems to be willing or capable of stopping this merry-go-round.From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Assam, this is one common feature that binds the country!

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