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Srinagar : Ghulam <\/a><\/span>Nabi\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Azad,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>chief<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>minister<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dispelled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“rumours”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>interest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>position\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lieutenant\u00a0<\/span>governor.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>looking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>rather\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wished\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>assist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J-K.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>ask\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>believe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rumour\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mills,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>operating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>full\u00a0<\/span>capacity.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span><\/span>around\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ghulam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nabi\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>will\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LG.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Speaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>gathering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>commemorate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>founding\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Democratic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Progressive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(DPAP),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>founded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>come\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>JK)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>searching\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>job,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>want\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>serve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>certain\u00a0<\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>attempting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>suggest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>seeking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rehabilitation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prestigious\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Union)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ministries\u2014Housing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Urban\u00a0<\/span>Development\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliamentary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Affairs\u2014when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrived\u00a0<\/span><\/span>here\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2005\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>minister)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>serve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>response\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>charges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>returned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>JK\u00a0<\/span><\/span>politics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>request,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wasn’t\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>work.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>primary\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unemployment\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>inflation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>address\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>making\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourism\u00a0<\/span>potential.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Inflation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rising.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>true\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inflation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>largest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inflation\u00a0<\/span>rate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Europe,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>alternative\u00a0<\/span>strategies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>combat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>live\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>poor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unemployment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rising.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jobs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nonexistent.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Although\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vacancies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>advertised,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>interviews\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>conducted.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>parents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>educated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kids\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>spent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>savings\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>education,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>youth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>themselves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jobs.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span>minister,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>capacity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>generate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>income\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>facets\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>society.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“One\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tulip\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Garden\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(created\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2007)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thousands\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>means\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subsistence.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CM,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>create\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attractions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>loans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>construction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>homestay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facilities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>employment\u00a0<\/span>prospects.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Azad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Centre’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2019\u00a0<\/span><\/span>repeal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article <\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span>35A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“great\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mistake”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>referenced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>long\u00a0<\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span><\/span>errors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>caused\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>move\u00a0<\/span><\/span>backward\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rather\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forward.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Another\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>error\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>committed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nine\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>35A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eliminated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Independence,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>35A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>then\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span><\/span>35B\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>published.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Maharaja\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Hari\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Singh)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1925.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>touched\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Articles\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>35A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>We were further back because of this error. It was unclear if the land would remain with us or not, he said. Azad urged party officials to refrain from criticising opponents personally. He responded, “Why should I comment on someone’s appearance? I have indicated earlier that we were the victims of a political hoax. For individuals responsible for the drug mafia’s operations in Jammu and Kashmir, he sought the death penalty. “Drug misuse has grown to be a serious issue. Drug dealing has made a lot of people millions. He suggested hanging them to death.<\/p>\n

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Srinagar : Ghulam Nabi\u00a0Azad,\u00a0a\u00a0former\u00a0chief\u00a0minister\u00a0of\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir,\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday\u00a0dispelled\u00a0“rumours”\u00a0by\u00a0stating\u00a0that\u00a0he\u00a0had\u00a0no\u00a0interest\u00a0in\u00a0taking\u00a0up\u00a0the\u00a0position\u00a0of\u00a0lieutenant\u00a0governor. The\u00a0former\u00a0leader\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Congress\u00a0declared\u00a0he\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0looking\u00a0for\u00a0work\u00a0but\u00a0rather\u00a0wished\u00a0to\u00a0assist\u00a0the\u00a0people\u00a0of\u00a0J-K. “I\u00a0will\u00a0ask\u00a0people\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0believe\u00a0the\u00a0rumour\u00a0mills,\u00a0which\u00a0are\u00a0operating\u00a0at\u00a0full\u00a0capacity. There\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0recent\u00a0report\u00a0going\u00a0around\u00a0that\u00a0Ghulam\u00a0Nabi\u00a0Azad\u00a0will\u00a0take\u00a0over\u00a0as\u00a0LG. 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