Srinagar, July 1: The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet will meet here today to discuss on the order to hand over 39.88 hectares of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
According to sources, the meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The meeting will be held without People's Democratic Party (PDP) Ministers, who resigned to protest over the proposed land transfer to the shrine board.
The cabinet will also decide on the allocation of portfolios vacated by PDP Ministers.
Srinagar, June 30 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that he is ready to prove the majority of his government at anytime in the State Assembly.
Yesterday, he informed Governor N N Vohra about the majority he enjoyed on the floor of the house, despite the 18-member People’s Democratic Party (PDP) withdrawing its support to the Congress- led Government on Saturday over the transfer of forestland to the Amarnath Shrine Board.
The Congress has 21 members in the 87-seat assembly and is backed by two CPM MLAs and eight Independents.
The term of the State Government expires on November two.
Azad is hopeful that his government will last its full term.
Srinagar, June 28 (ANI): Protests by Muslims continued in Kashmir
for the sixth day on Saturday over the transfer of forestland to the
Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).