Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad are both set to enter the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. Congress president Sonia Gandhi cleared their names and both the Congress leaders would be filing their nomination papers on Tuesday.
The Congress chief said if his party is elected to power, its government would spend 6 per cent of the GDP on education.
Jan Mohammad Kakroo was the district president of the party and office bearer of the local fruit growers association.
They have threatened to quit if Mufti is allowed to continue.
This is for the first time the UNHRC has issued a report on the alleged human rights violations in Kashmir and PoK.
The briefing comes ahead of the parliament session beginning Monday.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of playing politics over providing relief to flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir, Congress party President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the ruling party at the Centre promised the sky but did not follow it up with action.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's leadership has come under attack. Although the party tried to dismiss the rebellion brewing in Congress-ruled states of Assam in the east and Maharashtra in the west, no one is convinced.
"Talks are the only option," Mehbooba said. "How long can you have a confrontation?"
Pitching strongly for the empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday promised sarpanches that his party will fight for their rights and build pressure on the state government for it.
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