Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 11 SPORT 15 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL AN UNRECOGNISED SAUDI WARNS MBS A ‘RED SAINA, KASHYAP ENTER BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR EXPLORER LINE' IN KHASHOGGI PROBE SYED MODI QUARTERS CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 313 LUCKNOW, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LIFE’S A GREAT LEVELLER: AYUSHMANN} } 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Parties slam J&K Guv, Malik defends move PDP, NC, Cong rue ‘murder of democracy’; Guv claims opposing ideologies can’t give stable Govt KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR If the Governor has himself Had I given any side opportunity (for government day after Jammu & accepted that MLAs were being formation), it would have created more mess. The AKashmir Governor Satya bought over, money was value system of politics would have been destroyed Pal Malik dissolved the State changing hands, people should as is been happening in the rest of the States. I legislative Assembly to scuttle know who was doing it. If the could not afford that, formation of a Government by Governor has such reports, he J&K GOVERNOR SATYA PAL MALIK any of the two alliances, the should make them public The Westminster model Congress and mainstream par- NC LEADER OMAR ABDULLAH The BJP Government in Democracy of democracy is ties in J&K described the Raj has been killed Shocked to see baseless Delhi got so unnerved outdated. Like in all Bhawan’s move as “undemoc- with the talks for in Jammu & other matters, it is the ratic, unconstitutional and allegations against mainstream Kashmir by parties in J&K following formation of a popular dissolving the Gujarat model that has against the mandate of people.” Government in infancy appealed to the J&K The Governor has justified dictates from Pakistan levelled Assembly. I by @rammadhavbjp ji stage, that they oppose and Governor his decision to dissolve the dissolved the State Assembly PDP CHIEF MEHBOOBA MUFTI condemn it CONGRESS LEADER Assembly and rejected claims CPI(M) LEADER MY TARIGAMI P CHIDAMBARAM that he acted at the behest of SHARAD YADAV the Centre and the BJP. Former Home Minister P NIA. Another side said MLAs Chidambaram slammed Malik were being lured with large- for dissolving the State scale money. Horse trading Assembly, saying he is attract- had started 20 days ago,” he Madhav loses to Omar in ed to the “Gujarat model” of claimed, referring to PDP chief Government not the J&K Congress president Ghulam Ahmad Mir, flanked by senior party leaders, addresses a Press conference on the dissolution Mehbooba. Westminster model. “As long as of the Assembly in Srinagar on Thursday PTI Had she given any side the no one staked a claim to form opportunity to form tweet battle on Pak link a Government, the J&K challenged”. Raza Ansari has joined his He said the Congress, the Government, it would have Governor was happy to keep “Dissolution of Assembly party, People’s Conference. NC and the PDP had formu- created a bigger mess, he PNS n NEW DELHI of the Congress and the NC. It Assembly under suspension. in this manner is unconstitu- Former Chief Minister and lated alliance to defend Article claimed. was followed by another bid The moment someone staked tional, immoral and unethical. National Conference vice- pres- 35A in January next year and “The value system of pol- JP general secretary Ram from the two-member People’s a claim, he dissolved the A dangerous harbinger of ident Omar Abdullah mocked safeguard the special status of itics would have been destroyed BMadhav on Thursday Conference which claimed the Assembly,” Chidambaram said. things to come. Thank God the Raj Bhawan for not receiv- the State. as it is happening in other retracted his comments after support of the BJP and 18 leg- “The Westminster model founding fathers were wise ing Mehbooba’s letter for stak- Rejecting claims that dis- States. I could not afford that,” National Conference (NC) islators from other parties. of democracy is outdated. Like enough not to provide for ing claim to form a solution of the Assembly was Malik said. In his view, it leader Omar Abdullah chal- As Malik dissolved the in all other matters, it is the President’s rule at the Centre? Government. done at the behest of the Centre would have been impossible for lenged him to prove his alle- Assembly, Madhav alleged that Gujarat model that has Shudder to think what could “Strangely the fax machine or the BJP, the Governor said, parties with “opposing political gation that his party’s coming the NC and the PDP had boy- appealed to the J&K Governor,” have happened when BJP loses was rendered defunct when “For the past 15 to 20 days, I ideologies” to form a stable together with Mehbooba cotted local body polls in the Chidambaram added. 2019,” Tewari said at AICC PDP chief Mehbooba wanted have been getting reports of Government. Mufti’s Peoples Democratic State earlier because of instruc- Congress spokesman Press briefing. to fax a letter to stake claim for largescale horse trading. MLAs “An opportunist Party (PDP) was prompted by tions from Pakistan. Manish Tewari said after the The sudden political devel- formation of a Government are being threatened and sev- Government would have been a missive from Pakistan. Abdullah took to Twitter PDP, the NC and the Congress opment is likely to trigger per- with our outside support and eral types of underhand deal- the outcome of this process. We Though Madhav withdrew to hit out at the BJP leader and staked claim to form a mutations and combinations in outright support by the ings are going on.” never wanted instability in a the Pakistani sting in his com- the BJP in J&K, asked sought him to present evidence Government, the Governor’s J&K. In the first such move, Congress, but barely a few It is rare for a Governor to sensitive State,” said Malik, ments, he insisted that the Abdullah to fight the next to prove his charge. decision to dissolve the Sajjad Lone, who too had minutes later the Governor’s call a Press conference a day adding that the NC, the PDP two parties should prove their polls with the PDP if “genuine “You have RAW, NIA & IB Assembly without giving them staked claim to form a fax machine worked when he after dissolving the Assembly. and the Congress would have “genuine love”. love” between the two pro- at your command (CBI too is a chance to form a Government Government with the help of sent an order on dissolution of “Mehbooba told me a week fought with each other. The war of words erupted moted a “failed Government” your parrot) so have the guts and prove majority “is murder BJP and rebel PDP MLAs, the Assembly,” Omar said at a before that her MLAs were Continued on Page 7 a day after Governor Satya Pal formation attempt. to place evidence in the pub- of democracy and must be announced PDP rebel Imran Press conference. being threatened through the P8 Edit: Manhandling J&K Malik dissolved the Assembly, On Wednesday, BJP leader lic domain. Either prove this or affectively blocking an new and former Deputy Chief be man enough to apologise. alliance attempting to form a Minister from Jammu Don’t practice shoot & scoot Government in the volatile Kavinder Gupta had also lev- politics,” said the former CM. and sensitive border State. eled similar charges and said Madhav responded, “Just Centre to build Kartarpur No Govt possible Abdullah’s riposte followed the decision to prop up the take it in your stride Omar Madhav’s acidic comment on proposed PDP-NC-Congress Abdullah. Not questioning the twitter alleging that “fresh alliance Government was your patriotism at all. But the instructions” were given to taken in Dubai. sudden love between NC and in 2019 sans SP the two regional parties from PDP chief Mehbooba PDP and the hurry to form corridor for Sikh pilgrims across the border to come Mufti had on Wednesday writ- Government leads to many together and form a ten to the Governor that she suspicions and political com- Government. will stake claim to form ments. Not to offend you.” It will be from support: Mulayam Madhav, the point man of Government with the support Continued on Page 7 Dera Baba Nanak PNS n LUCKNOW in Gurdaspur to laiming himself as the C“kingmaker”, Samajwadi Pakistan Border Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday said no PNS n NEW DELHI party can form a Government at the Centre in 2019 without ndia will build and develop the support from the SP. Ia corridor from Dera Baba Addressing SP party work- Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur ers here on the occasion of his district to the International 79th birthday, Mulayam Border to facilitate Sikh pil- claimed that he can turn the grims visiting Gurdwara tide in SP’s favour in 2019 gen- Darbar Sahib Kartarpur on eral elections. the banks of the Ravi River in Paper artist Gurpreet Singh shows his creation, a paper model of Guru Nanak Dev “You should arrange my Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Pakistan, Home Minister Ji’s gurudwara (Kartarpur Sahib) in Pakistan, in Amritsar on Thursday PTI meetings at divisional level Singh Yadav cuts a cake during his Rajnath Singh said on and I will turn the tide in 79th birthday celebrations in Lucknow Thursday. The decision was Kartarpur corridor project with anniversary in a grand way, said Samajwadi Party’s favour so on Thursday PTI taken at a meeting of the Union all modern amenities and facil- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, that no one could form the Cabinet chaired by Prime ities to be implemented with while briefing media about the Government at the Centre power at the Centre.