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Not questioning 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 your patriotism at all. But 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 sudden love between NC and “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 I could not afford that,” National Conference (NC) PDP and the hurry to form of democracy is outdated.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- Government leads to many 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- suspicions and political com- 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 ments. Not to offend you.” 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 Abdullah seemed far from Chidambaram added. 2019,” Tewari said at AICC PDP chief Mehbooba wanted have been getting reports of Government. Mufti’s Peoples Democratic being amused by the BJP Congress spokesman Press briefing. to fax a letter to stake claim for largescale horse trading. MLAs “An opportunist Party (PDP) was prompted by leader’s `sense of humour’. 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. “No, misplaced attempts at 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 humour won’t work. You have 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- proposed PDP-NC-Congress claimed my party has been act- 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 alliance Government was ing at the behest of Pakistan. I 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 taken in Dubai. dare you to prove it! Place the 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”. PDP chief Mehbooba evidence of your allegation of 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 Mufti had on Wednesday writ- NC boycott of ULB polls at Pak and prove majority “is murder BJP and rebel PDP MLAs, the Assembly,” Omar said at a before that her MLAs were a day after Governor Satya Pal ten to the Governor that she behest in public domain,” he of democracy and must be announced PDP rebel Imran Press conference. being threatened through the P8 Edit: Manhandling J&K Malik dissolved the Assembly, will stake claim to form tweeted. affectively blocking an new Government with the support Madhav then responded alliance attempting to form a of the Congress and the NC. It with a tweet which appeared to Government in the volatile was followed by another bid be aimed at defusing the ten- and sensitive border State. from the two-member People’s sions. Abdullah’s riposte followed Conference which claimed the “Now that you deny any Madhav’s acidic comment on support of the BJP and 18 leg- external pressure I take back the twitter alleging that “fresh islators from other parties. my comment, but now that instructions” were given to As Malik dissolved the you proved it was genuine the two regional parties from Assembly, Madhav alleged that love between NC and PDP that across the border to come the NC and the PDP had boy- prompted a failed Government together and form a cotted local body polls in the formation attempt, you should !"#$% Government. State earlier because of instruc- fight next elections together. Madhav, the point man of tions from Pakistan. Mind you it’s political com- the BJP in J&K, asked Abdullah took to Twitter ment and not personal,” he +12! Abdullah to fight the next to hit out at the BJP leader and said, adding a laughing emoji. polls with the PDP if “genuine sought him to present evidence Addressing a Press con- laiming himself as the love” between the two pro- to prove his charge. ference in Srinagar, the NC C“kingmaker”, Samajwadi moted a “failed Government” “You have RAW, NIA & IB leader repeated his demand for Party founder Mulayam Singh formation attempt. at your command (CBI too is an apology from Madhav. Yadav on Thursday said no On Wednesday, BJP leader your parrot) so have the guts “You cannot undermine 0!*0+, party can form a Government and former Deputy Chief to place evidence in the pub- the sacrifices made by National at the Centre in 2019 without Minister from Jammu lic domain. Either prove this or Conference workers in pro- ndia will build and develop the support from the SP. Kavinder Gupta had also lev- be man enough to apologise. tecting the sovereignty of this Ia corridor from Dera Baba Addressing SP party work- eled similar charges and said Don’t practice shoot & scoot country. He must apologise,” Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur ers here on the occasion of his the decision to prop up the politics,” said the former CM. he said. 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. 2 the banks of the Ravi River in “You should arrange my Pakistan, Home Minister P !" # $ $& meetings at divisional level + * Rajnath Singh said on and I will turn the tide in , Thursday. The decision was Kartarpur corridor project with anniversary in a grand way, said Samajwadi Party’s favour so -.! ! / 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 Minister Narendra Modi to Central Government funding,” Cabinet decisions. without our support,” Yadav power at the Centre. commemorate the 550th birth said the Home Minister in a He said the corridor is told party leaders while Mulayam said the SP’s ide- 3 O anniversary of Guru Nanak series of tweets. being built since Guru Nank addressing them at State SP ology was to empower the Dev. Kartarpur Sahib, located Dev had spent 18 years of his headquarters in Lucknow. poor, farmers and youths !O! " “In a landmark decision, just across the International life there and people throng the Asking party workers to besides giving more opportu- # the Cabinet approves building Border, is the final resting border to pay their homage. start working for the 2019 Lok nity to women.
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