Shah Faesal, Engineer Rashid announce pre-poll alliance, call it ‘Peoples United Front’
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal and former MLA Engineer Rashid on Tuesday announced a pre-poll alliance to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
At a press conference here, Faesal and Rashid announced that the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM) and Awami Ittehad Party have joined hands to form an electoral alliance called the Peoples United Front.
Rashid is the chief of Awami Ittehad Party, while Faesal, who gave up his coveted career in the IAS to join politics, formed the JKPM.
"In view of the prevailing political circumstances in the state, the Awami Ittehad Party and JKPM have decided to enter into a pre-poll alliance and gather under the banner of Peoples United Front.
"The alliance has been necessitated by the ongoing political uncertainty in the state, apprehensions with regard to assaults on the special status and the absence of any credible political alternative that could address both the political vacuum and the absence of good governance.
"The Peoples United Front will make all efforts to unite the state's people, irrespective of religion, region, caste and creed and seek for all citizens of the state equal opportunities and social, economical and political justice," Faesal read out a statement jointly released by him and Rashid.
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Odisha: Two girls drown while bathing in village pond
Berhampur (Odisha) (PTI): Two girls drowned while bathing in a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Pranjali Dora (11), a class 6 student, and Manini Dora (12), a student of class 7, both residents of Patanda village in Digapahandi police station area, a police officer said.
After returning home from school, they went to the village pond to take a bath like every other day. However, they slipped and fell into deep waters. Locals noticed them drowning and tried to rescue them but failed, he said.
Fire brigade personnel from Digapahandi retrieved the girls after a two-hour search and they were rushed to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, Digapahandi police station officer-in-charge Kishor Kumar Samal said.
He said the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after conducting post-mortem examinations at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.
He said unnatural death cases have been registered and an investigation launched.
