New Delhi: Union Minister and President of the National Conference Farooq Abdullah has come out strongly in support of his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's demand to partially lift the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from certain areas. Farooq, in conversation with Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, also criticised the armed forces and intelligence agencies for failing to check insurgency in he state. Karan Thapar:...
06:24 PM, Nov 27, 2011
The Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Saifuddin Soz has slammed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over Armed Forces Act. ...
10:29 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: First the army, now the Congress. Omar Abdullah's move to revoke AFSPA from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir was on Thursday questioned by Congress leader Saif-ud-din Soz who said all stakeholders including the Army should have been consulted. He has hit out at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for making what it calls a unilateral announcement seeking partial withdrawal of the contentious Armed Forces Act in some parts...
08:25 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Srinagar: The big rift between the ruling coalition partners in Kashmir has now become overt. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has hit back at the Congress on the issue of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state. Omar has told CNN-IBN that state Congress president Saifuddin Soz is free to discuss AFSPA at the coalition's coordination committee meet. Omar also says Home Minister P Chidambaram...
04:49 PM, Oct 27, 2011
Srinagar: With the Army and Omar Abdullah at loggerheads over Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), the Congress has distanced itself over the Chief Minister's decision to roll it back from some areas in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir state Congress President Saifuddin Soz said that Omar did not consult the party before announcing that AFSPA would be removed from some parts of the state. Abdullah's party National Conference...
11:57 AM, Oct 27, 2011
Srinagar: Differences appeared in the ruling NC-led coalition in Jammu and Kashmir over the issue of revocation of AFSPA with ally Congress on Tuesday favouring talks with the Defence Ministry on the matter. "There has to be consultations with the Defence Minister. The defence forces have some reservations and these have to be ironed out before the Act can be revoked," state Congress chief Saifuddin Soz said. He said even...
12:46 AM, Oct 26, 2011
Jammu: Asserting that it is up to Congress High Command to take a decision on the rotational chief minister issue for Jammu and Kashmir, the party's state unit on Tuesday said there is no move to forge an alliance with any other party. "...There is no such issue. There is no programme to bring National Conference on the road," Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief Saifuddin Soz told reporters...
12:08 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Parliament on Thursday witnessed an embarrassing and unprecedented all out war at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meet. PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi walked out after 11 members led by the Congress voted against the draft report that had slammed the Prime Minister's Office. At 11 am the Public Accounts Committee began in presence of all 21 members. Seven members of the Congress, two from DMK supported by...
03:58 PM, Apr 28, 2011
Saifuddin Soz, Congress MP and member of the PAC said that they are ready to give Murli Manohar Joshi another chance, if he's ready to work in harmony. ...
11:08 AM, Apr 28, 2011
Srinagar: Politicians have kicked off campaigning for the much-hyped Panchayat polls in Kashmir after a decade, at a public rally in Anantnag. Barring a few posters warning people against voting, separatists have largely remained nascent to the polls beginning next week. Having got a snub in the 2008 assembly when people came out in huge numbers to cast ballot, the separatist this time are wary - they have termed the...
11:08 AM, Apr 07, 2011
State Congress President Saifuddin Soz told CNN-IBN that he was not in favour of the Army being called in. ...
03:21 PM, Jul 12, 2010
He must stay on and defend himself in the Assembly, says Saifuddin Soz. ...
06:42 PM, Jul 28, 2009
Several old soldiers shown the door when the list of ministers was decided. ...
03:06 PM, May 29, 2009
Performance, credibility benchmark to make the cut in the new Cabinet. ...
12:22 AM, May 24, 2009
Soz says he has worked hard and performed his best in the ministry. ...
06:46 PM, May 23, 2009
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