Break 'opportunistic' coalition with BJP: Chidambaram to Mehbooba
New Delhi, May 8: Referring to the PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir as the "gravest provocation" to the people in the valley, Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to break the alliance.
"(I) share J&K CM's concern that statesmanship required to get J&K out of the vicious cycle of killings. Sad that she does not see that her coalition government is (at) the core of the problem."
"Mehbooba Mufti should break her party's unholy and opportunistic coalition with the BJP and go back to the philosophy of her father," said the former Home Minister in a series of tweets.
He said that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government's "muscular, militaristic approach" to the Kashmir issue has driven the state towards a "catastrophic" situation.
"The PDP-BJP coalition is the gravest provocation to the people of the Kashmir valley. Mehboobaji, quit the coalition immediately and go back to the people," he added.
Chidambaram's comments came a day after Mufti urged the national leadership to get the state out of the "vicious cycle of killings" following the death of a 22-year-old tourist from Chennai, who was hit on his way to Gulmarg, during a heavy stone pelting incident in Srinagar.
She said civil society across the country has a major role to play in finding a solution to the difficulties people in the state are facing.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
