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Pandey stayed as ex-Governor's guest, alleges Mufti
Jammu, Nov 16 (PTI) The People's Democratic Party Sunday alleged self-styled religious guru Dayanand Pandey, arrested in connection with Malegaon blasts, stayed as a guest of then Jammu and Kashmir Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd) S.K. Sinha and demanded a probe into it.
Pandey, who frequently visited the state, was a guest of
the former Governor and stayed at the Raj Bhawan in Srinagar
in 2007, P.D.P. patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed told reporters
here.
This showed Pandey's "connections" with the ex-Governor
and this should be probed, the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Minister said.
"Frequent visits by Pandey to the state and his being
entertained by the former Governor raises suspicion...,"
Sayeed said.
The matter needed to be probed in the background of
alleged involvement of some army officers in the blasts, he
said.
Sayeed said the alleged involvement of seers and army
officers in Malegaon blasts was dangerous, adding authorities
should also probe the "linkage" of such elements with Kashmir
militancy.
Asked whether he had differences with the ex-Governor on
the Amarnath land issue, Sayeed said he wanted implementation
of Sengupta committee's recommendations, including limiting
the number of devotees undertaking the Amarnath pilgrimage.
But, Sinha was adamant and did not agree with the advise
of his government, he alleged.
The Committee was set up in the aftermath of over 200
people losing their lives due to avalanches and snowstorms en
route the cave shrine.
The former Chief Minister said Sinha, however, wrote to
him to hand over 100 acres of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine
Board at Baltal for devotees. "But, I did not clear the file
during my tenure."
To a question, he said his only complaint against Congress
leader and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was that he
did not consult the P.D.P., a partner in the government, while
clearing the Amarnath land transfer file.
The issue snowballed into a major controversy and led to
agitations in both Jammu region and Kashmir valley, Sayeed
said.
On P.D.P.'s stand on resolving the Kashmir issue, Sayeed
said it was already enshrined in P.D.P.'s "self-rule vision
document".
"The document focuses on making borders irrelevant
through cross-LoC trade and people-to-people contacts," he
said.
"There is a political will on part of both India and
Pakistan to resolve the issue but the bureaucracy in the two
countries is creating hurdles," the P.D.P. leader said.
On assembly election in the state, he said his party was
against holding the exercise in view of "hostile" atmosphere
created by the Amarnath land row.
The party also wanted deferment of the poll keeping in
mind vagaries of the weather, Sayeed said. PTI AB
DEP
Pandey, who frequently visited the state, was a guest of
the former Governor and stayed at the Raj Bhawan in Srinagar
in 2007, P.D.P. patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed told reporters
here.
This showed Pandey's "connections" with the ex-Governor
and this should be probed, the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Minister said.
"Frequent visits by Pandey to the state and his being
entertained by the former Governor raises suspicion...,"
Sayeed said.
The matter needed to be probed in the background of
alleged involvement of some army officers in the blasts, he
said.
Sayeed said the alleged involvement of seers and army
officers in Malegaon blasts was dangerous, adding authorities
should also probe the "linkage" of such elements with Kashmir
militancy.
Asked whether he had differences with the ex-Governor on
the Amarnath land issue, Sayeed said he wanted implementation
of Sengupta committee's recommendations, including limiting
the number of devotees undertaking the Amarnath pilgrimage.
But, Sinha was adamant and did not agree with the advise
of his government, he alleged.
The Committee was set up in the aftermath of over 200
people losing their lives due to avalanches and snowstorms en
route the cave shrine.
The former Chief Minister said Sinha, however, wrote to
him to hand over 100 acres of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine
Board at Baltal for devotees. "But, I did not clear the file
during my tenure."
To a question, he said his only complaint against Congress
leader and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was that he
did not consult the P.D.P., a partner in the government, while
clearing the Amarnath land transfer file.
The issue snowballed into a major controversy and led to
agitations in both Jammu region and Kashmir valley, Sayeed
said.
On P.D.P.'s stand on resolving the Kashmir issue, Sayeed
said it was already enshrined in P.D.P.'s "self-rule vision
document".
"The document focuses on making borders irrelevant
through cross-LoC trade and people-to-people contacts," he
said.
"There is a political will on part of both India and
Pakistan to resolve the issue but the bureaucracy in the two
countries is creating hurdles," the P.D.P. leader said.
On assembly election in the state, he said his party was
against holding the exercise in view of "hostile" atmosphere
created by the Amarnath land row.
The party also wanted deferment of the poll keeping in
mind vagaries of the weather, Sayeed said. PTI AB
DEP
