‘We want situation in J&K to become conducive for political activity’

BENGALURU: BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday said that all the people in his party want the situation in Jammu and Kashmir to become conducive for normal political activity to resume.

“Keeping the situation of J-K in mind, the government has invoked certain Sections for detention of some leaders there. As the situation improves and things noramlise, everybody will be allowed to do their political activity. We are all wanting the situation in Jammu and Kashmir to become so very conducive for normal political activity to resume,” Madhav told ANI. Madhav was reacting to defence minister Rajnath Singh’s statement to a media organisation in which the latter said that he was praying for the early release of three former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir from their detention.

The nullification of Article 370 last year stripped Jammu & Kashmir of its special status. It resulted in a communications blackout and a lockdown. Hundreds of politicians and activists were detained to prevent protests against the move.

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh police has arrested the man who runs the paying guest accommodation in Sector 32 after a fire at the premises claimed the lives of three young women, all students.

A senior police official said the owner of the house where the fire broke had sub-let it to Nitish Bansal and another person, who were running the PG facility, which was allegedly violating fire safety norms and other rules.

Bansal was arrested late on Saturday night, inspector Baldev Kumar, station house officer of Sector 34 police station, said.

Bansal, his partner and the house owner have been booked by police under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including those relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, act endangering life of others and disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.