DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 (PAGE 3) Mufti - a man destined for hard times Long wait for Nirmal Singh to Rains, snow lash Kashmir Excelsior Correspondent the people's hurt psyche, salvage by Syed Mir Qasim and was also Mir Farhat across the region due to the bad Celsius. The resort has received their bruised dignity, rekindle a elected the party's leader in the reach centre stage of politics weather. half an inch snowfall during the JAMMU, Mar 1: One of the new hope in their hearts and Legislative Council. SRINAGAR, Mar 1: Heavy He said the minimum tem- night. last politicians, who has grown motivate them to mould their In 1975 he was made the Excelsior Correspondent He is among the first BJP rains lashed the plains in perature in Pahalgam hill resort The mercury in Kupwara into the mould of an upright and MLAs to be sworn-in as a Kashmir valley since last night, leader of the Congress JAMMU, Mar 1: Son of a in south Kashmir settled at a low remained at minimum 0.7 unblemished statesman, Mufti Minister in the country’s only with upper reaches receiving Legislature Party and Pradesh security aide of erstwhile of minus 0.2 degrees Celsius, degrees Celsius and maximum Mohammad Sayeed represents Muslim-majority State. heavy snowfall and the weather with the mercury settling at Congress president. He contin- Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu of 4.2 degree Celsius, the courage of conviction and a life- ued to hold the post of PCC chief A professor of history at man forecasting that the rain and maximum 3.8 degrees Celsius. and Kashmir, it has spokesman said, adding the long political struggle spanning for over a decade. Jammu University, snow will continue in the region The health resort also received a been a long wait for town also received 6.9 mm of over five decades. His vision for In 1986, Mufti was appointed Singh hails from till Tuesday afternoon. mix of 3.8 millimeter snow and the State of Jammu and Kashmir Nirmal Kumar Singh rain. as Union Tourism Minister in the Karanwara-Sabar Director Met department rainfall. Leh, the frontier town in as a distinct feature of the idea of Government headed by then of BJP to come to the area of Basohli tehsil Sonam Lotus told Excelsior that Qazigund, the gateway town India is complemented by the centre stage of State Ladakh region, recorded the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. in Kathua. the region has been receiving of Kashmir, on Srinagar-Jammu minimum temperature of minus clear-cut democratic construct of Mufti resigned from the politics. Singh has done heavy rains and snow form the national highway recorded a his political thought, an inclusive 6.8 degrees Celsius and maxi- Union Government and After having a Ph.D in History from last 24 hours due to fresh low temperature of 0.0 degrees polity and ingenious develop- mum 3.3 degrees Celsius. Congress following Rajiv- heart-burn during Jammu University in Western Disturbances. Celsius, and maximum 4.6 ment. The nearby Kargil town Farooq accord of 1987. the ticket distribu- 1988 and was serv- "We are expecting a heavy degrees Celsius. The town As he assumes the charge as recorded a minus 8.0 degrees He later joined the Jan tion in last Lok ing as a Professor of rainfall in plain areas of the received 14.4 mm rainfall and 3 Chief Minister of Jammu and Morcha led by VP Singh and was Sabha election, Kashmir region and a heavy Celsius of and a maximum 0.1 Kashmir for the second time on History in Jammu cm snow, he said. appointed Union Home Minister Singh was the unan- snowfall in its upper reaches. degrees Celsius, he said. March 1, 2015, it seems Mufti University before his Kokernag, also in south in 1989, after having won the imous choice of the BJP for the The weather will improve from However, the hilly desert did Mohammad Sayeed is destined to election to the Legislative assem- Kashmir, registered a minimum Lok Sabha elections of that year post of Deputy Chief Minister. Tuesday afternoon," Lotus said. not receive any downpour or be the man for hard times. In bly. temperature of minus 0.2 as the Jan Morcha candidate Singh contested several Lok The bad weather disrupted snow, the spokesman said. 2002 when he became the Chief Singh started taking active degrees Celsius and maximum destiny through a participatory from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Sabha and State Assembly elec- life across the Valley, with thin The heavy downpour also Minister, with just 16 seats in the interest in political activities at a 3.8 degrees Celsius. The tourist political process. The result was Pradesh. tions over the past 25 years but traffic plying on the roads and caused water logging in several State assembly, in alliance with young age. He was arrested dur- resort also received a 5.9 cm there for all to behold and fortu- Mufti returned to J&K poli- had to wait till 2014 for his business also got a hit. The sum- Congress, J&K was reeling under ing the Emergency period in mix of snow and rainfall. localities of the summer capital. nately, the country's leadership, tics after having rejoined the maiden victory. mer capital which would other- extremely adverse conditions on 1975. In Gulmarg, the famous ski- At least one feet water had accu- at that time also understood and Congress in 1996. He won the 58-year-old Singh won the wise see a bustling flee market politico-economic fronts. resort in north Kashmir the min- mulated at some junctions of the appreciated the rejuvenating and Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Assembly election held last year He was a front runner for on Sunday had its streets and Personal liberties were severely imum temperature settled at Residency Road. Several other hopeful political transformation 1998, but soon resigned from being the BJP candidate for roads deserted. restricted and our Army was in an from Billawar constituency in minus 3.8 degree Celsius and low lying areas are water logged in the State and responded to it in both his position and the party to Doda-Udhampur Lok Sabha No vendors and shoppers eye-ball to eye-ball confrontation Kathua district by defeating sit- the maximum temperature was in the periphery of Srinagar pos- good measure. form the People's Democratic seat but lost out to eventual win- were seen throughout the day with Pakistan in the aftermath of ting Congress MLA Manohar also recorded at minus 8 degree ing problems for the residents. After remaining in the Party (PDP). ner Jitendra Singh. due to the heavy downpour that the attack on Parliament. Lal Sharma by a margin of near- Congress for better part of his In 2002, Mufti became Chief Feeling slighted, the History was continuing till this report Seen as a visionary leader, a ly 18,000 votes. life Mufti alongwith some like- Minister of the State. His party Professor had maintained a low was filed. smart political strategist and Singh, whose father was in minded associates and PDP won 16 constituencies and The bad weather forced the masterful politician, Mufti's the close security cordon of the profile ahead of the Parliament Mehbooba Mufti founded formed an alliance with Traffic Department to allow arrival on the stage and his deft then Maharaja of the State, was elections but worked with full People's Democratic Party (PDP) Congress to assume State power vehicles from Srinagar to handling of the delicate political beaming as he walked to take commitment after he was in 1999 and led the first PDP- from October 2002 to November Jammu along one-way route. equations resulted in an almost the oath as a Minister in the appointed as the chairman of Congress coalition Government 2005. PDP was an important ally A Traffic Department instant change in the situation, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed election campaign in Jammu in the State from 2002 to 2005. of United Progressive Alliance-I. spokesman told Excelsior that both within the State and in the Government today. and Kashmir. In the late 1950s he joined the Mufti's first term as the Chief traffic plied normally along the regional context. His invitation circle around prominent lawyer Minister of the State between highway amid rain and snowfall. to the then Prime Minister Atal and NC leader PL Handoo. He 2002 and 2005, led to significant "As per schedule, on Bihari Vajpayee to address a rally followed Handoo into the break- steps like opening of Srinagar- Monday traffic will be allowed in Srinagar, first ever for a Prime away Democratic National Muzaffarabad road, initiation of to move from Jammu to Srinagar Minister in nearly two decades, Conference (DNC), led by GM trade and travel across the Line due to disruption in weather," from the PDP stage, triggered a Sadiq, alongwith DP Dhar, Syed of Control (LoC) without pass- the spokesman said. new wave of peace efforts which Mir Qasim and GL Dogra. He ports and visas with India and With the change in weather, a culminated in withdrawal of Former MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia and others courting was appointed district convener Pakistan making some signifi- severe chill prevailed in the air forces from forward areas, cease- arrest on Sunday. of the new organization, the first cant concessions on Kashmir. from the last two days and is fire along the borders, disband- formal post he held. The prospects of PDP started likely to continue for the next ing of instruments like STF and When DNC rejoined NC, to shine again in the Lok Sabha two days. SOG, scrapping of POTA and JPUF activists court arrest Mufti went with the flow. It paid election of 2014 when it won all A Met department release of political prisoners. It him rich dividends. He was elect- the three seats in Kashmir valley. spokesman told Exceslior that also led to a direct engagement ed to the Assembly from Under the astute leadership temperature also plummeted by between India and Pakistan and Bijbehara in 1962, and retained of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, four notches from yesterday against PDP-BJP alliance of the Central Government with the seat in 1967. As a result, he PDP has now emerged as a dom- District Magistrate Leh, Saugat Biswas during his visit to Excelsior Correspondent the Jammu oriented issues before the separatist leaders in Kashmir. Khaltsi sub-division on Sunday. Prosecution failure the PDP and failed to incorporate was appointed a Deputy Minister inant regional political force in JAMMU, Mar 1: Protesting Mufti's vision for the State by GM Sadiq. Jammu and Kashmir winning 28 them in an effective CMP on and the region articulated in leads to acquittal against PDP-BJP alliance, which it had contested the In 1972 Mufti became a seats in 2014 Assembly polls DC reviews arrangements for evacuation Jammu Pradesh United Front PDP's Self-Rule framework Minister in the Cabinet headed with a vote share of 22.7%. Assembly elections and subse- besides suggesting a slew of in kidnapping case activists today courted arrest quently elected 25 MLA's from political measures advocates a while taking out a march appeal- Jammu Pradesh. "Moreover, BJP of families along Indus River Excelsior Correspondent ing shopkeepers to observe a sub-regional trade arrangement Excelsior Correspondent has betrayed and befooled the levels at various vulnerable spots JAMMU, Mar 1: 1st shutdown against the alleged sell- with a Free Trade Zone in in case of occurance of an emer- electorate of Jammu Pradesh and Additional Sessions Judge out of Jammu interests by BJP. hurt the aspirations and the senti- Jammu and Kashmir to be imple- LEH, Mar 1: District gency. mented under SAFTA or under a Jammu Mohan Singh Parihar has The JPUF activists and the ments of the people ruthlessly and Magistrate, Leh, Saugat Biswas During the tour the district separate arrangement between acquitted Ratnish Kumar alias Front convener, Balwant Singh shamelessly indulged in a worst today visited Khaltsi Sub- level team visited the Alchi New Delhi and Islamabad. Munna, who was facing trial in Mankotia, were taken to Pacca ever 'political debauchery' with Division along-with a district Hydel-power Project of the Mufti believes that facilitat- kidnapping case as prosecution Danga Police Station but the PDP," he further said and level team to review the arrange- NHPC and had a meeting with released later on. ing free movement of goods and miserably failed to prove the case. added that March 1 would be ments made for the evacuation Mr Mankotia along with people through the traditional the NHPC and NDMA team After hearing Advocate Prince observed as a Black Day for mak- of the families along the Indus other activists were raising slo- cross-LoC routes in Jammu and members. Biswas took stock of Khanna appearing for the ing the mockery of the people of River who may be affected dur- gans against the convergence of Kashmir would help the policy the measures to be adopted by accused, the court observed, Jammu division who had pinned ing the operation to clear the the two diametrically opposite makers on the two sides of the the NHPC authorities while "there is no evidence on the hopes from the Saffron party in Phuktal river blockage. political parties to forge an divide to facilitate the political releasing water from the Alchi record to show that the pros- the times to come. The team visited various far dam so as to prevent a flood-like ecutrix was forcibly taken away alliance at the costs of the aspi- Uday Chand, spokesman and changes that the people in the flung sites from Beema to rations and mandate of the peo- region so badly need. He sees situation. The Chief Engineer, by the accused with intention to the core member of the Front, Dignitaries releasing poetry book ‘Ravi Ke Idhar Udhar’ at Nimoo which might get affected NHPC assured the District either marry with her or to com- ple of Jammu Pradesh. alleged that the support of BJP to opening of Srinagar- in the event of a sudden breach The other leaders who were Muzaffarabad and Poonch- Jammu on Sunday. Magistrate, that the safety of vil- mit illicit intercourse". the PDP led Government is noth- of the natural dam caused by a Considering the submissions detained by the police included Rawalakote roads along the LoC lagers downside the Alchi power ing but a brazen 'sell out of the landslide on the Phuktal river. made by both the sides, the court Uday Chand, Gagan Pratap as a stepping stone towards forg- plant will be ensured, by a well mandate' of the people of Jammu Poetry book ‘Ravi Ke Idhar The District Magistrate also vis- came to the conclusion that prose- Singh,Vinod Singh, Rajesh ing a new economic alliance in planned scheme of water release Pradesh. "Moreover, the assur- ited the proposed shelters for during the operation of NDMA cution has miserably failed to Gondhi, Sahil Gupta, Ravinder ances of rehabilitation of border the region. shifting of affected families and prove the charge framed against Singh, Kailash Mohan, Satvir Within the State, Mufti's to breach the landslide at migrants, abrogation of Article directed all the concerned offi- the accused beyond its reasonable Singh, Parshottam Singh, Anil 370 and non-revocation of political focus has been on con- Udhar’ released Phuktal. cers including the Sub- doubt. "As such the accused is Rakwal, Mandeep Kohli and AFSPA by the BJP have also been necting communities and regions Excelsior Correspondent During the function, a poetry The District Magistrate was Divisional Magistrate, Khaltsi to acquitted of the charge framed Rohit Singh. put in ambiguity at the cost of the into one conglomerate of harmo- book titled ‘Ravi Ke Idhar Udhar’ accompanied by Assistant JAMMU, Mar 1: A function to – a collection of poems by the make available all basic ameni- against him and the challan is dis- Mankotia alleged that the BJP people's overwhelming response nious diversities. His emphasis Commissioner, Revenue, Leh, missed", the court said. seemed to have surrendered all release “Ravi Ke Idhar Udhar”, a poets from the places near to the ties including food, heating during the elections," he added. on improving the trust levels poetry book, was organized today Superintending Engineer, PDD; river Ravi and situated in the arrangements and electricity for between two main regions of by Yuva Hindi Lekhak Sangh, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, States of J&K, Punjab and the affected families. Kashmir and Jammu has Jammu at Saigal Hall of J&K Khaltsi, Chief Medical Officer, Himachal Pradesh was released. The SDM, Khaltsi apprised remained the driving force for his Academy of Art, Culture and Leh, Executive Engineer, The book has been compiled the DM that a total of 39 families party PDP's political engagement Languages. Special Sub-Division, Khaltsi, in all the regions and sub-regions and edited by Prof Ashok Kumar, are likely to be affected due to Assistant Director, CA&PD, Balvinder, a well known Hindi sudden flow of Zanskar river that it could emerge as a unifying poet and critic from Amritsar was a well known Hindi poet of Deputy Registrar Cooperative, force that offers channels of aspi- Jammu and Kashmir and Manoj from Chilling to Beema village Leh, BMO Khaltsi, the chief guest and Ramesh in Leh district and arrangements rations and representation to Mehta, a veteran poet and ex- sec- Sharma, a well known Hindi poet TehsildarKhaltsi and Saspol and each one of them. of Punjab. Raj Kumar Behrupia, have been made to evacuate other cilvil and police officers. retary, Cultural Academy, presided them in advance. Responding to the people's over the function. recited some of the poems includ- innermost yearning for peace The Deputy Registrar The programme started with ed in this book. 8th class paper with dignity, Mufti after assum- Cooperatives and Assistant welcome note by Sheikh Mohd The programme was attended ing charge as the Chief Minister by a large number of intellectuals, Director CA&PD will make postponed Kaliyan, a well known Hindi poet available rations and essential of J&K in 2002, crusaded the writers, artists and lovers of art of the State and president of commodities at the identified Excelsior Correspondent "Healing Touch" policy to repair and culture. YUHILE, Jammu. locations. Biswas directed Chief Prominent among the audi- Medical Officer to depute med- JAMMU, Mar 1: In view of ence included Sanjeev Bhasin, Dr ical teams along with adequate the heavy rainfall and snowfall Sanjana Koul, Dr Pawan medicines at the locations in in various parts of the Jammu Khajuria, Dr Parvinder Kaur, Dr advance and also conduct survey province, Director School Nirmal Vinod, Jang S Verman, for any emergency patient / Education, Jammu has ordered Arvind Sharma, Prof Renu delivery case in this area who the postponement of English Nanda, Raj Kumar Behrupia, Dr may be shifted to Leh before the paper of 8th standard scheduled Baljeet Singh Raina and K K evacuation begins. to be held on March 2, Shakir. Biswas also directed the (Monday) in entire Jammu Amia Meha conducted the Executive Engineer Irrigation Province. proceedings of the programme. and Flood Control to carry out a The rest of the schedule The programme concluded with survey after consultation with shall remain unchanged and the the vote of thanks by Dr Pawan the NDMA team and NHPC, next date for the English paper Khajuria. Alchi dam and forecast water shall be notified separately.