Srinagar Mar 18 PTI The migration of Kashmiri Pandits is a tragic chapter of Kashmirs history but showcasing bloodshed for political gains is dangerous for the country and the people CPIM leader M Y Tarigami said on FridayHis remarks come in the wake of controversy over the recently-released movie The Kashmir Files which is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the 1990sTalking to reporters here Tarigami said there is a need to objectively project the tragedies suffered by the people in KashmirIt is our misfortune that Kashmir has been for the last so many decades continuously going through a tragic situation and the most shameful incident which has caused a dent to the identity of Kashmir is the migration by a very important part of our society the Kashmiri Pandits who left their homes because of fear There is no doubt that is a tragic chapter of our history he saidThe CPIM leader however said the fact is also that the violent forces did not single out people of any particular religionI only have one thing to ask to those elements who are trading in the Kashmiri blood by selling it in various markets that please stop Whoever was killed whichever religion he belonged to but he was a Kashmiri he saidReferring to various incidents of killings in the Valley in the past Tarigami said while in the 1998 Wandhama massacre 23 Pandits were killed the Gaw Kadal massacre in 1990 cannot be forgottenHe called for establishing a truth and reconciliation commissionWhile our innocent brothers and sisters from the minority community were killed in Budgam who killed the passengers of a bus in Kupwara If an innocent sister from Pandit community was raped and killed in Sopore then what happened in Kunan Poshpora Tarigami saidIf Hindus and Muslims were killed our brothers and sisters from Sikh community were killed in Chattisinghpora in 2000 as well I want the PM to show boldness and constitute a truth and reconciliation commission like after apartheid in Africa to know who was killed and by whom While those killed will not return but accountability will be established Their families will come to know who killed them he saidThe CPIM leader said that to showcase the bloodshed for political gains is dangerous for the country the people and for KashmirI want to say this to the people in power that Kashmir is not a piece of land but Kashmir is the name of a civilisation We have a history of 5000 years which cannot be erased Our identity cannot be erased by explosives either from here or across I want to appeal the BJP not to divide my tears and the tears of my friends Tarigami added PTI SSB SSB ANB ANB

Srinagar Jan 22 PTI Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir reacted to Union minister Amit Shahs remarks on Saturday that the union territorys statehood would be restored once the situation gets normal saying this statement is self-contradictory and goes against the good governance claim made by the CentreAfter quite literally terrorising people of Jammu and Kashmir into silence to create a false normalcy narrative GoIs admission that situation still isnt normal is self contradictory Also proves that silence shouldnt be misconstrued as normalcy PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti wrote on TwitterShah said assembly elections in J-K will be held after completion of the ongoing delimitation process and statehood will be restored once situation in the union territory becomes normalVirtually releasing Indias first District Good Governance Index he said J-K is a priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and multipronged efforts are being made for the all round development of the union territory Reacting to Shahs remarks Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone asked who will define normalcyWho will define normalcy And in a federal structure can we really use normalcy as an excuse to assume power Irrespective of the definition of normalcy possibly coined by the union government every single stateless day is an affront to federalism and to the people of JK Lone said on TwitterHe said non-popular governments mean a humiliating existence for the inhabitants of that particular placeAnd to the people of India who are mute bystanders Inshallah you too will one day taste statelessness and helplessness We dont wish it for even on our worst enemies sic Lone saidThe Peoples Conference chairman said the central rule in any place is a kick in the teeth for federalismAnd self-styled pat on the back oh doing so well this is all so nauseating he addedCPIM leader M Y Tarigami said the people of the Union territory were being denied the right of participation and representation which was one of the fundamental principles of good governanceOne of the principle fundamentals of good governance is participation and representation a right which continues to be denied to the people of Jammu and KashmirReleasing such indexes is intended to help the government in optics-wise he saidTarigami said the ground reality of dilapidated roads erratic power supply inaccessibility of portable water combined with huge unemployment social unrest is reflecting the contrasting pictureReacting to the good governance claim made by the Centre in J-K Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee JKPCC termed it as hollow and misleadingThe party also questioned the Union home ministers claim of restoring statehood to J-K and said how long the issue will be put in backburner aiming to divert the attention from the real issuesJ-K has suffered immensely on every front which is indicative of the unutilized allocation of developmental funds in J-K J-K has surrendered almost 50 per cent of the developmental funds which could not be spent due to the delayed decision and wrong policies on account of the so-called development in J-K JKPCC president Ghulam Ahmad Mir saidMir said there was huge disconnect between the bureaucracy and the common peopleCongress party strongly contests the claims of the good governance and understands that it was a tool to hide the failed policies and the losses caused to J-K post its downgrading he saidMir also expressed deep concern over the delay in delimitation process and said the people as well as political parties in J-K believe that the process is being delayed to buy timeHe said the government must give timeline as to when the process of delimitation is completedThe JKPCC president said it was astonishing to observe that on the one hand the Centre claims to have normalised the situation and on the other hand it makes another claim in same breath that statehood will be restored after the situation was back to normalThis is indicative of contradiction within the system The Govt of India must clear its position and tell the people as to when the statehood will be restored to the people of J-K he saidMeanwhile National Conference NC termed the release of Good Governance Index for 20 J-K districts as part of governments efforts to hide its failures on creation of employment opportunities and bridging development deficit in J-KNoing that good governance in J-K was confined to papers only party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said the ground situation belies all the claims of the administrationAll that is being claimed by the government in terms of transforming the region in terms of development infrastructure augmentation and employment generation is nowhere to be seen by the people of Jammu and Kashmir to this day he said PTI SSB ZMN

Srinagar Jan 22 PTI Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir reacted to Union minister Amit Shahs remarks on Saturday that the UTs statehood would be restored once the situation gets normal saying the Centres statement was self-contradictory and that every stateless day was an affront to federalism After quite literally terrorising people of Jammu and Kashmir into silence to create a false normalcy narrative GoIs admission that situation still isnt normal is self contradictory Also proves that silence shouldnt be misconstrued as normalcy PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti wrote on Twitter Reacting to Shahs remarks Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone asked who will define normalcy Who will define normalcy And in a federal structure can we really use normalcy as an excuse to assume power Irrespective of the definition of normalcy possibly coined by the union government every single stateless day is an affront to federalism and to the people of JK Lone said on Twitter He said non-popular governments mean a humiliating existence for the inhabitants of that particular place And to the people of India who are mute bystanders Inshallah you too will one day taste statelessness and helplessness We dont wish it for even on our worst enemies sic Lone said The Peoples Conference chairman said the central rule in any place is a kick in the teeth for federalism And self-styled pat on the back oh doing so well this is all so nauseating he added CPIM leader M Y Tarigami said the people of the Union territory were being denied the right of participation and representation which was one of the fundamental principles of good governance One of the principle fundamentals of good governance is participation and representation a right which continues to be denied to the people of Jammu and KashmirReleasing such indexes is intended to help the government in optics-wise he said Tarigami said the ground reality of dilapidated roads erratic power supply inaccessibility of portable water combined with huge unemployment social unrest is reflecting the contrasting picture Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held after completion of the ongoing delimitation process and statehood will be restored once situation in the union territory becomes normal Shah said on Saturday Virtually releasing Indias first District Good Governance Index he said Jammu and Kashmir is a priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and multipronged efforts are being made for the all round development of the union territory PTI SSB AAR AAR

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 21 (ANI): The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday said that the Delimitation Commission's draft of the Centre, in its attempt to mainstream Jammu and Kashmir, is "isolating" it in a "haste over several issues."

Jammu Dec 21 PTI The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration PAGD on Tuesday met here and one of its senior leaders said the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission set up to redraw the union territorys assembly seats will be discussedThe meeting of the alliance of five Jammu and Kashmir-based mainstream political parties including the National Conference NC and the PDP comes after the commission is learnt to have proposed six additional seats for the Jammu region and one for the Kashmir Valley in its Paper 1 discussed with the PAGDs constituents on MondayThis is the second meeting of the PAGD in Jammu since its formation in 2019 The amalgam held a meeting in November last year as well The meeting of the leaders of the alliance in being held at the Bhatandi residence of NC president and PAGD chairperson Farooq Abdullah here The PAGD seeks the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir that which was revoked by the Centre in August 2019 PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and CPIM leader M Y Tarigami is also attended the meeting which took place even as a small group of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal activists led by their president Rakesh Bagrangi held a protest a few kilometres away from the meeting venue We are meeting here to discuss the prevailing situation and the draft prepared by the delimitation commission Tarigami who is the PAGDs chief spokesperson told reporters before taking part in the meeting The alliances political parties have already presented their views over the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission which we believe is meant to further divide the communities and regions and will create uncertainty the CPIM leader said The Valley-based mainstream political parties have expressed dismay over the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission in Jammu and Kashmir alleging that it seems the exercise was carried out in furtherance of the BJPs political agenda It is highly divisive and unacceptable Tarigami said Amid chants of shot the traitors Bagrangi said they are protesting against the PAGD leadership for holding their meeting in Jammu as they are a group of traitors They are only speaking against the nation and pressuring the government to talk with Pakistan he said and condemned the alliances stand on the delimitation recommendation We were in favour of all the seven seats going to Jammu region to end discrimination with the region he said PTI TAS AB ANB ANB

Jammu Dec 21 PTI CPIM leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has termed the draft recommendation of the Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir as divisive and unacceptable claiming that it is another step to further disempower Kashmiris politically He said the distribution of newly created assembly constituencies with six going to Jammu and only one to Kashmir is not justified and it will increase gaps between regions and communities The constitution of Delimitation Commission under JK Reorganisation Act-2019 in itself is questionable as the Reorganisation Act has been challenged in the Supreme Court he said The constitution of commission was akin to contempt of the court as how can the Government of India do so when the matter is sub-judice he said The CPIM had recently moved an application in the apex court for early hearing of the writ petition filed in 2019 against unconstitutional and undemocratic revocation of special status of JK under Article 370 and JK Reorganisation Act-2019 We had apprised the apex court that despite the matter being sub-judice the Government of India was taking irreversible steps which were harmful for the interests of people of JK Tarigami said He said they will continue with their legal and political fight against the arbitrary unconstitutional and undemocratic decisions of the BJP government PTI AB CK

Srinagar Dec 17 PTI Former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah Friday lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir administration for changes in the land use laws claiming the new policy would adversely impact the people of the Union TerritoryMehbooba Mufti the PDP president alleged the new laws enabling conversion of agricultural land to nonagricultural purposes reveals designs to engineer demographic change in Jammu and KashmirThe development agenda is a ruse Latest regulation doesnt even require the 15 yr domicile certificate as a prerequisite she tweetedShe was reacting to the governments change in land use laws that allows the use of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposesAfter depriving locals of their rightful share of govt jobs such abrupt policy decisions that pave the way for outsiders to buy land in JK are taken only to further disempower locals she saidNational Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the changes in the land use rules would undo the major reform undertaken in the erstwhile stateAllowing use of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes is another nail in the coffin of the land to the tiller reforms in JK This landmark reform has been a major reason for the low levels of poverty and it will also threaten the food security of the people of JK he saidThe fact that this conversion of land use doesnt even require the 15 year domicile certificate as a prerequisite will also rekindle fears about the motives behind such decisions he addedCPIM leader M Y Tarigami also criticised the changes made to the land use lawsThe slogan of development is a red herring Converting agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes is a plot to serve the interests of corporate and real estateIt will adversely impact our food security and be insidious for our economy Tarigami saidAn official spokesperson had said Thursday the Administrative Council AC approved the change of land use from agricultural to non-agricultural purposes in Jammu and KashmirThe AC which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha approved the regulations framed by the board of revenue for conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes he saidThese regulations were necessitated after the legislative changes in the land revenue act post reorganisation of the erstwhile state the spokesman said The new guidelines have been issued to regulate the uncontrolled conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes on the one hand and keep the developmental aspirations of the UT and the people on the other the spokesman saidUnder the new regulations the district collector has been empowered to grant permission to the change in land use from agricultural to non-agricultural purposes in accordance with the procedure as to be notified by the board of revenue he saidThe powers have been delegated to the district collector to grant permission for land up to 12 standard acres against a fee of five percent of the market value of the land notified under the stamps act he addedHowever the regulations provide an exemption from seeking permission in cases of conversion of land for construction of residential houses or farm-related buildings and storages with a ceiling of 400 square metres the spokesman said The decision is aimed at ensuring production of sufficient quantity of food grains besides promoting orderly growth of industrial and services sector in the Union territory and creation of employment he said PTI MIJ TIR TIR

Srinagar Nov 18 PTI The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration on Thursday demanded a judicial probe into the Hyderpora encounter saying the magisterial inquiry ordered by the Jammu and Kashmir administration to investigate the incident cannot be fairWe will be writing to President Ram Nath Kovind this evening seeking a credible probe into the Hyderpora incident In our view only a judicial probe can be credible and fair CPIM leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami told reportersA controversy had erupted over the encounter held on Monday in Srinagar following conflicting claims about the two deceased civilians as their family members contested the polices charge that they were terror associates prompting demands by various parties for an impartial probeThe PAGD leaders except PDP president Mehbooba Mufti met at the residence of National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah to discuss the unfortunate situation arising out of the killing of three innocent civilians at Hyderpora Tarigami saidHe claimed Mehbooba was placed under house arrest by the authoritiesTarigami the PAGD spokesman said the magisterial probe ordered by the Jammu and Kashmir government into the incident cannot be fair as it was against the principles of justice that the accused administration investigated the charges against itselfThe PAGD leaders also appeal to the people and leadership of the country to rise in defence of the democratic rights of citizens of India from Jammu and Kashmir as well There is a need to share this pain of Kashmir before it is too late he saidWe appeal to them to stop this bloodshed before the patience spills over Do not mistake the silence we wont allow Kashmir to be turned into a graveyard The government should listen to this voice he addedThe Left leader said the bodies of the three civilians -- Mohammed Altaf Bhat Mudasir Gul and Amir Magray -- should be returned to their families for a dignified burialHe said the PAGD leaders wanted to visit the bereaved families but the security establishment refused the permissionWe will also seek legal advice about approaching the Supreme Court we will knock on every door Tarigami addedPTI MIJ SRY

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 18 (ANI): National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah will write to President Ram Nath Kovind to demand a "credible probe" into the Hyderpora encounter, informed MY Tarigami of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): Former member of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and senior leader of Communist Party of India Marxist Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami on Sunday expressed unhappiness over recent remarks made by Union Minister Amit Shah and said that the Home Minister repeated his old adages and made no new announcements for the Union Territory.