Despite fielding candidates against the National Conference (NC) in three Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti affirmed on Tuesday that her party remains ideologically aligned with the I.N.D.I.A bloc and supports its goal of safeguarding the Constitution.
The NC, also a member of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, has nominated candidates for the Srinagar, Baramulla, and Anantnag-Rajouri seats, following an agreement with the Congress, which will contest the Jammu, Udhampur, and Ladakh seats. The PDP, however, was not given any seat and the party decided to fight elections against NC on the valley seat, while extending its support to Congress in the Jammu region.
"The Constitution is the foundation of our country and we need (to protect) it desperately as otherwise no rights will be left with us. They (BJP) not only want to change the Constitution but also finish the reservation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, notwithstanding what they are saying," Mehbooba, a former J&K chief minister told reporters in Rajouri town.
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AAP claims BJP MPs in Delhi failed to use 66% of funds
The AAP has accused the seven outgoing Lok Sabha MPs of the BJP of failing to use 66% of the funds meant for development works in the constituency ahead of the parliamentary polls later this week.
AAP leader Jasmine Shah claimed that all seven MPs had received Rs 124 crore for five years, with Harsh Vardhan spending Rs 7.5 crore, Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwari, Ramesh Bidhuri, Meenakshi Lekhi spending Rs 7 crore each, and Pravesh Verma and Hans Raj Hans spending Rs 5 crore each. "The BJP MPs could not utilise Rs 81 crores out of the Rs 124 crores that could have been used for installing CCTVs, maintaining law and order, making roads and drainage systems," he said.
The official portal of MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund showed that the amount released under the scheme to the MPs was far less than their entitlement. The MPs have recommended works that were worth far more than the amount they were entitled to, and they managed to spend almost the entire amount that was released by the Centre, the MPLAD portal showed.
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that before questioning the BJP MPs on the utilisation of development funds, the AAP should also look at the data of their own Rajya Sabha MPs.
AAP leader Jasmine Shah claimed that all seven MPs had received Rs 124 crore for five years, with Harsh Vardhan spending Rs 7.5 crore, Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwari, Ramesh Bidhuri, Meenakshi Lekhi spending Rs 7 crore each, and Pravesh Verma and Hans Raj Hans spending Rs 5 crore each. "The BJP MPs could not utilise Rs 81 crores out of the Rs 124 crores that could have been used for installing CCTVs, maintaining law and order, making roads and drainage systems," he said.
The official portal of MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund showed that the amount released under the scheme to the MPs was far less than their entitlement. The MPs have recommended works that were worth far more than the amount they were entitled to, and they managed to spend almost the entire amount that was released by the Centre, the MPLAD portal showed.
Meanwhile, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that before questioning the BJP MPs on the utilisation of development funds, the AAP should also look at the data of their own Rajya Sabha MPs.
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