DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014 (PAGE 7) From page 1 Alliance top brass fail to show Jammu observes bandh with Basohli bridge on Ravi unlikely Campaigh ends for penultimate phase several incidents of violence sharp reaction from tions mainly between the two up in Ladakh for campaign to meet Sept 2014 deadline Trinamool Congress chief regional parties over allega- mini-bus bearing registration When asked about the pay a single visit to who was backed by powerful been described as an engi- carrying load. He further dis- Mamata Banerjee who called tions of massive corruption number JKO2AQ-9837 were violent incidents that hap- Ladakh. Even the Ladakh religious body-the IKMT. neering marvel by the experts in closed that approach road to the BJP PM candidate a "paper against YSRCP and "false damaged. The driver of the pened during the protests, the field. bridge from Basohli side is also tiger" and accused him of promises" and "lack of credi- Affairs Minister Abdul Though National vehicle namely Abdul Hamid, Bhardwaj stated that police Rahim Rather too abstained Conference was supposed to While the foundation stone complete while nearly 1.8 kms stoking communal fire. bility" for TDP. son of Hassan Din of Bari and CID agents damaged the of this bridge providing inter- from the campaigning. back Congress nominee approach road from Dunera Modi hit back at Banerjee In Uttar Pradesh, besides Barahamana was also thrashed vehicles and not the advo- state connectivity, was laid by (Pb) side is yet to be complet- However, Congress candi- Tsering Samphel on Ladakh daring her to prove herself a grandsons of former Prime severally by the irate mob which cates. the UPA Chairperson Sonia ed as Forest clearance from date Tsering Samphel was sat- seat as per the seat sharing "real tiger" by taking action Minister Indira Gandhi - resulted into injuries to the driv- About circulation of mes- Gandhi in presence of Union Punjab State is yet awaited. isfied with the campaigning. agreement between the two against the culprits in the Rahul and Varun, Union er in his hand. sage that Bar Association has Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Replying to a question Samphel told Excelsior: coalition partners, its promi- Saradha scam. Minister Beni Prasad Verma He was rushed to called off their strike, he said MoS Defence P Raju in May Brig Bhattacharya said this “our campaign was based on nent leaders in Kargil openly Pressure is on the Left (Gonda) and cricketer-turned- Government Medical College that a committee comprising 2010, the work on the project bridge is being constructed by our performance..like what defied the party and cam- Front in this round to retain politician Mohd Kaif and Hospital (GMCH), where of senior members of the Bar was commenced in the month of the joint venture of IRCON and after first aid, he was dis- Association has been consti- the six seats it had won the (Phulpur) are among 243 can- we have done for the peo- paigned for Independent can- September in the same year. M/s SP Singla Pvt Ltd. charged, while a case under rel- tuted which will find the crim- last time as nine-time MP didates in the fray in this ple…the performance of our didate Syed Mohammad September 2014, was the com- Canadian agency Infinity, is Minister (Urban Development Kazim Sabri, who is backed evant Sections stands registered inal content for circulating the Basudeb Acharia, former phase. pletion target given to the engaged for supervising the actresses Moonmoon Sen and Also Congress State Rigzin Jora)..our LAHDC Leh by another powerful religious in this regard at Rehari police message and damaging the agency engaged by the BRO for critical activities of this unique Sandhya Roy and singer Babul president Nirmal Khatri CEC and Councilors..our organisation-Islamiya School post. prestige of the advocates. the task. But in view of the pro- bridge as experts. IIT New Supriyo are expected to give a (Faizabad) and poet-turned- other leaders. We held exten- Kargil (ISK). A bus No. JK02AR-7125 He added that enquiry curement of specially designed Delhi had approved the design tough fight. politician and Aam Aadmi sive campaign starting from a Sources said Qamar Ali carrying passengers from through RTI will be conducted cables from Japan and Spain Jammu to Rajouri was also into circulation of message to of this bridge. Nearly 300 ton In Bihar, where 118 candi- Paty's Kumar Vishwas big rally in April 15 followed Akhoon, MLA Kargil and and its testing in Switzerland specially designed cables are by meetings and door-to-door Advisor to the Chief damaged by the protesters seek information against the and then transportation to India, dates are contesting, former (Amethi) are contesting. near Toph Sherkhania bridge motto behind spreading these needed for this bridge which are Bihar Chief Minister Lalu In Amethi, while Vishwas canvassing''. Minister, Minister of State the project may be delayed by being procured from Japan and Samphel said the people of Feroz Khan, sitting MP and resulting into injuries to a kinds of baseless SMSes. about eight to ten months. Prasad's wife Rabri Devi is is banking on the power of minor boy. A case FIR number To another query, he said Spain. After procurement, the Ladakh can't be fooled by NC leader Ghulam Hassan Being constructed with the seeking to make her debut in "aam aadmi", Irani is trying to 76/14 has been registered at no one from the administra- testing is being done by another ``hollow slogans'' of the BJP Khan and former CEC cost of Rs 145 crore, this the Lok Sabha from Saran, cash in on Modi wave and by Talab Tillo police post in this tion side has approached them expert agency of Switzerland. and they were wise enough to LAHDC Kargil Kacho bridge will connect Basohli which is among the seven highlighting "lack of develop- regard. for breaking the deadlock. "We can not take any risk with Dunera in Punjab. This seats in the State going for ment" in Rahul's 10 year know that which party and Ahmed Khan today openly After this incident, the peo- Bhardwaj said that peace- as the entire load of the bridge bridge will also open the polls on May 7. Rabri is pitted regime as MP. leaders were capable of ensur- canvassed for Sabri at a ple of the Toph Sherkhania area ful dharna in the High Court and traffic is to be borne by the flood- gate for the tourists to against BJP leader Rajiv Varun, who was last time ing development of Ladakh. public rally in Kargil. assembled on Jammu-Poonch premises and candle march in cable system. After testing by the picturesque area of Pratap Rudy. elected from Pilibhit, has “Yesterday, the BJP said Earlier, they had been hold- road and blocked the vehicular various areas in the evening Swiss agency, the cables are Basohli, Bani, Sarthal and This round of elections in shifted his base and is pitted they would give Union ing closed door meetings in movement in protest against the will continue. being imported to this place. Bhaderwah from Dalhousie the Gangetic plains of Bihar against Amita Singh, wife of Territory status to Ladakh support of Sabri. lawyers for damaging the pas- "According to the police This is also a time consuming and Chamba side. The BRO/ will see crucial fight in MP Sanjay Singh. soon after forming the In 2009 Parliament polls, senger bus causing injuries to a authorities, order regarding exercise. About 50 tons of GREF has also expedited Hajipur (SC) where LJP This phase is crucial for Government at Centre. Is it Ghulam Hassan Khan had minor boy. suspension of the cops has cables have reached at the site possible? We too stand for UT won the seat as Independent The window panes of over a been issued and submitted to work on Basohli-Bani- so far. A foreign consultancy President Ramvilas Paswan is Congress as of 15 seats spread status but it would come candidate with the backing of dozen mini-buses plying on the Divisional Commissioner Sarthal-Bhaderwah road. As has also conducted the seismic in the fray, five of the seven over 17 districts, seven were whenever Kashmir issue is the ISK while Karblaie had Jewel-Mishriwalla routes were Jammu but we have not yet this upgraded double-lane study for the bridge as the area LS seats going to the polls on won by the party in 2009 polls road is completed, in next two resolved,'' Samphel said. secured handsome 24,498 also damaged. Back view mir- received any copy of suspen- falls under Zone-IV. This is a Wednesady had been won by while five seats are with the years, A large number of Political observers felt that votes with the backing of rors of few mini-buses were sion order", he added when first bridge of its kind which is JD(U) in 2009. Saran and BSP and SP had won three tourists visiting Himachal major reason for the Congress IKMT. Khan had polled damaged by the mob on Jammu asked about the confirma- being constructed by the BRO Maharajganj went to RJD. seat. University road. tion about the suspension of would also be diverted to Bani in the country. It will be about Both Himachal Pradesh In Uttarakhand, campaign- star campaigners staying 32,694 votes leaving behind and Bhaderwah through this away from campaigning in Congress candidate P The damaged vehicles car- the SHO police station 50 high from the dam and the and Uttarakhand are going for ing in Haridwar, Tehri, Pauri, ried registration numbers Gandhi Nagar. important inter-state link. main towers are about 30 mt a single-phased election on Nainital and Almora, where 74 Ladakh was that none of them Namgayal, who had secured This bridge is also said to be JK02BE-7927, JK02AJ-2859, Earlier, JKHCBA and down in the water", Brig Wednesday. While Himachal candidates are in the fray, was in a position to give cate- 28,986 votes while BJP tactically and strategically JK02AM-2487, JK02H-6797, various leaders of political Bhattacharya maintained. Pradesh has four seats, ended at 5 PM. goric assurance on UT status backed Thinless Angmo had important as per defence JK02AT-6697, JK02AW-2114, parties and other organizations A highly professional engi- Uttarakhand has five. Three former BJP Chief to Ladakh like BJP leader got 22,716 votes. PDP's point of view. JK02AK-1376, JK02BE-7827, held a meeting, which was neer, who recently returned Baramulla and Ladakh in Ministers Bhuvan Chandra Nitin Gadkari did yesterday. Ghulam Murtaza had polled Dhar-Mahanpur and JK02AN-1557, JK02BE-0215 attended among others by from the foreign assignment of Jammu and Kashmir are also Khanduri, Bhagat Singh Another reason could be the 642 votes. Udhampur road, parallel to and JK02H-9700. Kavinder Gupta, ex-Mayor, three years in Afghanistan Brig going to polls on Wednesday. Koshiyari and Ramesh presence of Congress rebel This time BJP candidate Pathankote-Jammu-Udhampur As the news of the violence Bali Bhagat, general secretary Bhattacharya said, "Funds are After the Telangana region Pokhariyal Nishank are among Ghulam Raza, former MLA Thupstan Chhewang, former National Highway is equally spread, commercial vehicles BJP, Thakur Hari Singh, sen- no issue but forest clearance, voted in the last phase, it is those contesting. from Zanskar, in the fray. MP, is riding high with the strategically important but with including buses and mini-buses ior vice president Congress, land compensation and procure- now the turn for Seemandhra Chief Minister Harish Yet another reason was backing of BJP high command the construction of this double stopped plying thus adding to Vinod Sharma, general secre- ment of material from foreign region of Andhra Pradesh to Rawat's wife Renuka and for- that none of the two parties- to his demand of UT status for lane bridge, an alternative the woes of the commuters, tary Congress, Choudhary countries are the issues which cast votes on May 7, with 333 mer Chief Minister Vijay NC and Congress wanted to Ladakh, BJP star campaigners highway to Kashmir via especially the pilgrims of Shri Hussain Ali Wafa, general sec- are time consuming. Though a anger the two powerful reli- Nitin Gadkari and Mukhtar Punjab (Pkt)-Basholi- candidates contesting from 25 Bahuguna's son Saket are also Mata Vaishno Devi ji shrine, retary PDP, HC Jalmeria, gen- deadline of September 2014 gious bodies of Kargil- Abbas Naqvi had held rallies Bhaderwah-Kishtwar-Sinthon Lok Sabha seats. Lok Sabha contesting the polls from who faced tough time due to eral secretary and spokesman was set by the BRO itself for Islamiya School and Imam in Leh and Kargil respectively Top and Anantnag will be and Assembly elections are Haridwar and Tehri seats non-availability of long route JKNPP, YV Sharma, presi- the construction agency, yet Khomeini Memorial Trust, in support of Chhewang. available. The work on being held simultaneously in respectively. transportation and had to trek on dent, CCI, Arun Gupta, gener- bridge is likely to be commis- which have fielded their The Ladakh constituency Bhaderwah-Chamba road is Andhra Pradesh. All the five seats had gone foot to Railway Station, Bus al secretary, CCI and Sham sioned by all means in June candidates as their support has just 1.6 lakh electorates, Stand and other destinations. Lal Langer, vice-president, also nearing completion and is These are the last Lok to the Congress in the last gen- 2015. The initial project cost of was crucial for the two par- the lowest in the State for any Lawyers under the banner CCI among others. likely to thrown open to traffic Sabha and Assembly polls eral elections held in 2009. the bridge was Rs 145 and of JKHCBA took out protest ral- The work in the District in October this year, providing being held in the undivided However, Congress lost ties in the Assembly elec- Parliamentary segment. Even revised cost is likely to go up to lies which passed through vari- Court Poonch also remained direct connectivity to Chamba Andhra Pradesh. Telangana Tehri to the BJP in the bypoll tions. Islamiya School is tra- the votes were almost equally Rs 148 crores", he added. ous bazaars and markets and paralysed today. The Bar in Himachal with district Doda will come into being as the to the seat held in 2012 after ditional supporter of NC divided between the two dis- Responding to yet anoth- staged protest by burning tyres Association Poonch remained in J&K. 29th State of the country on former Chief Minister Vijay while IKMT generally backs tricts with Leh having 79042 er question, BRO Chief and blocking vehicular move- on strike and also announced Chief Engineer Project June 2. Bahuguna vacated it to take Congress. In September last, electorates and Kargil 81,319. Engineer said that approach ment at various locations to continue their strike till the Sampark of BRO, Brig B Rapid development of the over the reins of power in the the Congress had gained Mr Chhewang, who has road to bridge from Punjab including Main Chowk Janipur, Government takes action Bhattacharya told the residuary State, TDP's promis- State earlier that year. immensely in LAHDC, been openly canvassing for (Dunera) side is yet to be com- City Chowk, Jewel Chowk, against the SHO Gandhi Excelsior that this 592 mt span es to waive farm loans and In Baramulla Lok Sabha Kargil and formed the UT status to Ladakh, told the pleted. The Forest clearance is Bikram Chowk, Satwari Nagar and his subordinates. double- lane bridge will have appoint two Deputy CMs, constituency of Kashmir, there Council snatching majority Excelsior that he consistently awaited on 1.8 km road stretch. Chowk, etc. Continuing their agitation, nearly 90 mt high towers on YSRCP President Y S are 15 candidates in the fray. from the NC. stood for the UT status to A compensation of Rs 67 lakh The protestors at certain Bhadarwah Bar Association both the sides. Between two Jaganmohan Reddy's prom- The contest is seen as a Sources said both NC and mountain locked region has been worked out and this sites also forced the traders to under the chairmanship of its towers, 330 mt span is yet to be ised sops for women and farm- direct fight between ruling Congress didn't want to lose notwithstanding his affiliation patch will also be completed shut their shops and stopped the acting president Advocate completed while, 121 mt spans ers were the main poll cam- National Conference leader the support of religious bodies to whichever party or organi- shortly. The work of laying vehicles carrying passengers. Davinder Gupta today held a each, on left and right banks of paign themes in Seemandhra. and sitting MP Sharief-ud-Din as the Assembly elections sation. cable system would be started Protesting advocates were demonstration in the court the river (dam) have been com- Modi, TDP chief N Shariq and Opposition PDP were not far away, which was “I have always stood for after entire 300 tons of cables demanding suspension of the complex Bhadarwah to lodge pleted. The towers have already Chandrababu Naidu and actor- stalwart Muzaffar Hussain the reason that their local UT status to Ladakh and I'm SHO of Gandhi Nagar police their protest against the brutal reach the destination, he added. leaders supported the candi- committed to my demand,'' been completed for the purpose turned-politician Pavan Baig - a former deputy Chief station along with his two sub- acts of beating, illegal deten- of holding cable system and Kalyan spearheaded the TDP- Minister of the State. dates backed by the religious Chhewang said, adding the ordinates for allegedly man- tion and atrocities on BJP combine's election cam- The contesting candidates bodies. people of Ladakh deserved handling one of their col- Advocate Harshvardhan paign, Sonia Gandhi and organised 63 elections rallies It is worthwhile to mention the UT status. Worthwhile to leagues Harshvardhan Gupta Gupta. Warrant against Pharma here that the Congress hasn't mention here that Chhewang on April 16 in Nanak Nagar The work remained Rahul Gandhi campaigned for and roadshows across the con- expelled Raza from the party. had won Ladakh seat in 2004 area in full public view. paralysed in District Court company proprietors the Congress stituency spread over three Even the Congress leaders as Congress candidate but Talking to the reporters complex Rajouri as the Hearing the complaint filed Bijnour, Analytical Chemist, Jaganmohan Reddy, his districts of Baramulla, made no attempt to persuade later floated Leh Union during a press conference, lawyers also observed strike in by Drug and Food Control M/s Standard Surgical mother and YSRCP honorary Bandipora and Kupwara. Raza to retire from the con- Territory Front (LUTF) as MK Bhardwaj, president, protest against the police organization, Additional dis- Dressings Company and president Y S Vijayamma and After this phase, voting trict judge TADA Court Mohammad Haneef son of test, which gave rise to specu- Congress didn't endorse the JKHCBA said that the Bar action over one of the col- sister Sharmila extensively would be completed in 502 Srinagar, Sikender Azam, des- Abdul Haneef R/o Mohalla lations that he was in the fray demand for UT status to Association Jammu has league. canvassed for the YSR seats out of 543. 41 seats will served an ultimatum of 72 In Samba, the Samba Bar ignated Special Court for spu- Darbar Sadat Town Nahtor Congress. go to polls in the last phase on with tacit understanding of Ladakh. rious and adulterated drugs, Tehsil Dhampur Bijnour, the Congress leadership, Ladakh is always known hours to the police and Association also held protest The main contest appears May 12. Government to suspend the demonstration and blocked the directed the concerned SSPs Manufacturing Chemist, M/s to be between the TDP-BJP Counting of votes is on which wanted Independent for good turnout in the elec- to execute the warrants and Standard Surgical Dressings candidate Sabri's votes to split tions though the percentage erring police officials for Jammu-Pathankote National combine and YSRCP. The May 16. (PTI) holding an independent Highway for around half an produce the accused before Company. shrill campaign has often been in Kargil. has come down over previous the court on May 31. In the compliant, drug LAHDC, Kargil CEC three elections. In 1999, impartial and fair inquiry. hour resulting into long traffic marked by vitriolic accusa- "If Government failed to snarls. The warrants were issued inspector has said that on Asgar Ali Karblaie and former Ladakh had recorded 81.88 take action against the erring It is to mention that the against Sanjay Ahuja son of August 2, 2012, he lifted the Minister for Social Welfare per cent voting, which came police personnel, JKHCBA lawyers strike has entered the Pritam Ahuja, Proprietor M/s sample of drug namely EC's fresh directive on rigging Haji Nissar Ali, both of whom down to 73.52 per cent in Aroma Surgical House, Delhi Standard Handloom Rolled would again convene meeting 19th consecutive day today aforesaid sheet is being in various parts of the country were prominent Congress 2004 and 71.86 per cent in with political parties, traders, and the work in all the Courts Road, Model town, Rohtak; Bandage non-sterilized (batch leaders of Kargil, have been 2009. Syed Ahmad son of Abdul numbers 34, 35, 36) and based properly maintained," it said. and complaints that State poll transporters, members of the including the Jammu wing of Any complaint received authorities failed to take openly canvassing for Raza, civil society and student Jammu and Kashmir High Court Majeed resident of Prithvigunj on analysis, it turned out to be Kanth Moradabad UP, 'not of standard quality'. from the polling agents at any action. organizations to decide future remained paralysed. level shall be inquired imme- Various political parties Over 400 arrested ahead course of action", he said. Proprietor M/s Standard "Besides not of standard Surgical Dressings Company, quality, the bandage rolls were diately, it said. have approached the of polls in Baramulla Dhampur Moradabad; Sageer found to be underweight, "The ROs or observers Commission against ruling Announcement made in Assembly turns Bakhsh Qadri son of Mirza shorter in length as well as shall also scrutinise the docu- parties in States alleging Din Mir son of Ghulam Pulwama, Tejinder Singh said Bakhah Qadri of Mohalla breadth", the Drug Inspector ments related to such polling largescale rigging. Hassan, Mohammad Jamal Dar that the age in the documents Darbar Sadat Dhampur writes in his complaint. stations carefully and record Polling agents are repre- son of Ghulam Mohammad, provided to him showed that hollow, expert panel yet to be framed their views specifically," sentatives of candidates both hailing from Karhama Waseem is 23 years old. "He on the floor of the come to an end, the exercise of Govt drop move to name Judge according to it. appointed by political parties Kunzer, Abdul Rehman Gogree admitted before the Judicial Legislature, as despite lapse of ascertaining the genuineness of The latest directive of the during the course of the polls. of Hardaboora and Abdul Magistrate that he is 23 old," nearly three months the expert the demands of more adminis- a Judge all these days. appoint a Judge five months EC comes against the back- (PTI) Hamid son of Abdul Gaffar of the SSP said. panel has not been framed yet. trative units will get stretched The party also questioned later. drop of allegations of rigging Archanderhama. In the meantime, authorities "Though the concerned up to August ending", they the need for such a probe when “Was talking to my dad last Police on Saturday arrested have made elaborate arrange- officers, who had to vigorously said, adding "after completion the State Government itself had night and he felt the same way- Dr Ghulam Qadir, a scholar and ments for smooth conduct of pursue with the higher ups the of this exercise the experts ordered a commission of setting up a commission of a noted writer after addressing polls and to deal with Anantnag issue of framing of experts panel will have to submit its inquiry into the same subject. inquiry in the dying hours of a Friday congregation at and Srinagar like situations committee, are taking the recommendations to the However, what apparently UPA 2 is just wrong. Rafiabad in which he asked where poll parties and security excuse of Model Code of Cabinet, which will take a final took the Government by sur- “If the decision to appoint a people to stay away from elec- forces were attacked by protest- Conduct for delay, yet there is call on the issue". prise was the Opposition from commission was taken in Dec it tions. A group of students today ers on poll days. no justification behind this In response to a question, its allies. Yesterday, NCP leader should have been implemented. protested against his arrest in Over 30, 000 police and plea as MCC came into force they said, "keeping in view the Praful Patel had said: “When To appoint a Judge 5 months Kashmir University. They para-military forces are on poll on March 5, twenty days after lengthy exercise, which has yet the results of the Lok Sabha later is wrong,” Omar tweeted. demanded his immediate duty to ensure smooth polls and the announcement of Chief not began, nobody knows elections are due in two weeks’ It was alleged that illegal release. deal with the law and problems. Minister", official sources said. whether the aspirations and time, where is the need for such surveillance was carried out on The Hajjan town in North Besides this, Army is also sen- Why the experts' panel expectations of the people of an enquiry.” a young woman architect in Kashmir today observed sitizing the areas to put pres- was not constituted during deserving but left out areas Significantly, NCP chief Gujarat in 2009 at the behest of shutdown against the arrests sure on the militants and pre- these days especially when the would be met with". Sharad Pawar had talked to Modi and Amit Shah, who was including a cleric. Pulwama vent any militant strike on the concerned authorities were It is pertinent to mention Prime Minister Dr Manmohan the Home Minister at that time. town in South Kashmir also eve of polls. aware of the fact Model Code here that in Jammu region mas- Singh yesterday to convey the Unfazed by the Oposition party’s view in the matter. NCP from its two allies, Congress observed shutdown against The Army, police and CRPF of Conduct was all set to be sive protests over discrimina- IEDs recovered by Army at Tangdhar in Kupwara district. booking of a youth, Waseem has already started night implemented? sources asked, tion in creation of new admin- is the second largest constituent spokesperson and Mahila Bashir son of Bashir Ahmad patrolling in the sensitive areas to adding "due to their slackness istrative units were reported of the Congress-led UPA. Congress chief Shoba Oza had Sofi, under Public Safety Act. prevent any militant strikes there are apprehensions about from twin border districts of Striking a similar note, said there was “no compro- Army recovers 7 IEDs His family members said against the security forces or people of deserving but left out Rajouri and Poonch and differ- National Conference leader and mise” on going ahead with the Gabra yesterday. Earlier, Army and JKP had that Waseem is a minor as polling staff. It may be men- areas getting justice from the ent other parts of Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Chief probe as the matter does not "When the search resumed recovered eight pistols along according to school records, he tioned here that a poll official Government". region, which include Jandrah Minister Omar Abdullah said if involve any political party, but on today, Army recovered seven with eight magzines and 32 was born on September 2, was killed and 5 others were "If the expert panel is area of Nagrota Assembly con- the decision to appoint a Judge women of the country who con- IEDs hidden in a hollow tree rounds of ammunition yesterday 1998. Waseem has been sent to injured when militants attacked a framed after May 16, when the stituency. could not be taken in stitute half of the population. trunk close to village Gabra in in a joint search operation in dis- Kathua jail. However, SSP poll party in Shopian on April 17. Model Code of Conduct will December, then it was wrong to (PTI) Tangdhar", said the spokesman. trict Bandipora.