‘Centre, state govt’s handling of Kashmir detrimental to security’
The Congress on Monday slammed both the Centre and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir, and said their handling of the situation in Kashmir is detrimental to the national unity and security.
Asserting that the central government lacks a policy on how to handle the situation in Kashmir, the Congress asked it to “articulate its policy towards the Kashmir situation in clear-cut terms”.
“The manner in which the BJP-led government at the Centre and the state’s coalition government of the BJP and PDP have handled the Kashmir situation is completely detrimental to both national security and integration,” Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said.
“One can see the manifestations of this fallacious policy play itself out in other parts of India too,” he added.
“Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (Monday). After the meeting, we heard from her but nothing from either Modi or the PMO.”
Tewari said that there could not be more damning statement than her ‘we are where Vajpayee (then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) left us’ about a complete lack of policy of the Prime Minister and his government on the situation in the state.
The Supreme Court on Monday threatened to attach Unitech’s properties if the company failed to deposit the interest amount on ₹16.55 crore invested by 39 home buyers in its Gurugram project.
A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra fixed May 9 as the deadline for depositing the amount, which is around ₹15 crore. “We shall issue orders of attachment of properties if the money is not deposited,” the court said as it rejected the company’s request to give it more time for complying with the orders.
The 39 home buyers, who moved the court, had booked flats in Unitech’s Vista housing project in Gurugram. They had sought a refund of their principal amount, totalling ₹16.55 crore with interest, after the developer failed to deliver flats by 2012 as per its promise.
On the directions of the court, Unitech has already delisted the principal amount that has been refunded to the investors. The court is, however, yet to decide finally on the quantum of compensation to be paid to the owners for not fulfilling the promise to give possession of the flats.
“People are crying. You don’t understand the circumstances under which they are coming to this court,” the bench told the lawyer.
Unitech offered to deposit part payment of ₹4 crore and sought time to give the balance. The lawyer claimed the draft of the said amount was ready and cited financial difficulties for the company’s inability to pay.
The real-estate firm is undergoing severe crisis after its directors Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra were arrested by Delhi Police in connection with a cheating case lodged by home buyers. Within hours of getting bail in the matter, they were taken into custody by Gurugram police for allegedly duping investors there.
THE 39 HOME BUYERS, WHO MOVED THE COURT, HAD BOOKED FLATS IN UNITECH’S VISTA HOUSING PROJECT BUT FIRM FAILED TO DELIVER HOUSES ON TIME