PAGD’s chief spokesperson MY Tarigami said, “Leaders of Opposition parties are scheduled to meet on October 3 at 2.30 pm at the Jammu residence of Dr Farooq Abdullah to discuss the political situation”. The CPI (M) leader has forwarded a communication to all the political leaders to attend this meeting.
The whistleblower in this case, advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed, had filed the complaint on October 10, 2022, originally to the director of the CBI seeking registration of an FIR into “ ₹500-700 crore scam in the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Scheme in the J&K”. However, the CBI had transferred the complaint on April 19 this year to the director, ACB, J&K.
Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has raised concerns over the recent developments regarding the lithium reserves in the region. Mehbooba claimed that after the takeover of Jammu and Kashmir’s water resources and minerals by the Government of India (GOI), the focus has now shifted towards the vast lithium reserves that lie beneath the region’s surface.
Police said their teams, along with the army (1st Rashtriya Rifles and 9 Rashtriya Rifles) and CRPF (18 battalion and 46 battalion), busted two terror modules.