Politics

Slashing RBA quota calculated move to disempower Kashmiris: Waheed Para

SRINAGAR — PDP MLA Waheed Para on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to “slash” the RBA quota is a “calculated attempt to disempower” Kashmiris. The Pulwama legislator accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of advancing the “disempowerment agenda” and asserted that the Residents of Backward Areas (RBA) quota safeguards Kashmiri representation. “The J&K […]

Politics

Waheed Para calls for treating issue of Kashmiri Pandits as matter of ‘dignity’ instead of ‘relief’

JAMMU — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para on Wednesday strongly advocated treating the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits as a matter of “dignity” rather than merely that of “relief or consumer issue”. He also called for the formation of district-level nodal agencies to resolve their problems. He further urged the government to formulate […]