National Conference leader Mushtaq Ahmad Shah Bukhari quits party \
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National Conference leader Mushtaq Ahmad Shah Bukhari quits party

22-Feb-2022
Jammu Feb 22 PTI National Conference leader Mushtaq Ahmad Shah Bukhari resigned from the partys basic membership on Tuesday after a heated argument with Farooq Abdullah over the issue of Scheduled Tribes status for Pahari speaking peopleBukhari a two-time ex-MLA from Surankote in Poonch district had on Sunday chaired a convention by the Pahari Tribe ST Forum here which saw over 350 delegates in attendance with Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina as the chief guestI had stated that we will not hesitate in supporting any party which will help the community in achieving its long-standing demand of Scheduled Tribe statusThe remarks had not gone down well with the National Conference leadership and I was asked for an explanation Bukhari told PTIThe former minister said he met NC president Abdullah at his residence and had a heated argument with him over the issue I walked out and submitted my resignation from the basic membership of the party Bukhari claimed he was ready for any sacrifice for the welfare of the tribeWe will leave for Delhi to meet the Central government under the banner of Pahari Tribes ST Forum shortly to push for Scheduled Tribe status before the holding of next assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir We are not ungrateful if Centre accepts our long-pending demand he saidBukhari had recently met senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana and sought his support for the demands of Pahari speaking peopleRana the younger brother of Union Minister Jitendra Singh had resigned from the post of provincial president Jammu of National Conference along with party colleague S S Slathia in October last year and joined the BJP PTI TAS AB NSD NSD
22-Feb-2022 National
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BJP govt responsible for worsening situation in J-K NPP \
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BJP govt responsible for worsening situation in J-K NPP

17-Oct-2021
Jammu Oct 17 PTI The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party JKNPP on Sunday condemned the recent killings of civilians and security personnel in attacks by terrorists and said the BJP government is responsible for the worsening situation in the union territory NPP chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh said the fast deteriorating security scenario in J-K has exposed the haughty and supercilious claims of the BJP government at the Centre of having curbed militancy post reorganisation of the erstwhile state With the situation in J-K fast reverting to early 1990s it was most disturbing to find the BJP busy in breaking opposition parties and luring the opposition leaders rather than focusing on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism he said apparently referring to the joining of National Conference provincial president Devender Singh Rana and his party colleague S S Slathia to the saffron party Accusing the BJP government of giving precedence to its political ambitions over its duties and obligations as a responsible dispensation Singh said The BJPs ambitions have lit fires which will take years and years to subside With highly ascendant and authoritarian BJP hell-bent to crush and demolish all opposition in J-K it was using all possible means to silence all voices critical of its policies the NPP leader alleged He claimed the BJP was using all possible means to suppress other political parties and to make their leaders fall in line Opposition leaders were being bullied harassed threatened intimidated and persecuted with several lucrative offers also being reportedly made to such leaders for jettisoning their respective parties and joining the BJP And all this was being shamelessly executed at a time when the J-K UT was passing through the worst phase of ethnic cleansing selective killings and terrorism exported from across the border Singh said He said while the killings of innocents in J-K is being used by the BJP leadership as a mere occasion to condemn Pakistan and promote communal hatred it has utterly failed in fulfilling its grandiloquent promises of restoring peace and normalcy in the troubled union territory PTI TAS AQS AQS
17-Oct-2021 National
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Speculations of joining BJP will end soon, says Devender Rana as 2 leaders quit National Conference \
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Speculations of joining BJP will end soon, says Devender Rana as 2 leaders quit National Conference

10-Oct-2021
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Shortly after resigning from the primary membership of the National Conference, Devender Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia emphasised strengthening the Jammu declaration to defeat all those forces who want to run a diction plan in Jammu and Kashmir and who want to hurt the customary brotherhood in Union Territory.
10-Oct-2021 National
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Always worked for National Conference, did not feel right anymore: Surjit Singh Slathia \
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Always worked for National Conference, did not feel right anymore: Surjit Singh Slathia

10-Oct-2021
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): National Confrence leader Surjit Singh Slathia who resigned from the primary membership from the party on Sunday said that he always worked for the party but it did not feel right anymore now.
10-Oct-2021 National
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