Rajnath Singh calls for President's Rule in J&K

BJP President Rajnath Singh calls for President's rule in J&K following the ongoing crisis triggered by the Amaranth shrine controversy in the valley.

BJP President Rajnath Singh on Sunday called for President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir following the ongoing crisis triggered by the Amaranth shrine controversy in the valley.

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"The President's rule should be clamped in Jammu and Kashmir called in as the law and order was beyond the control of the state government," he said.

The senior BJP leader warned against any review on the transfer of land to the Amaranth shrine board in the background of the political crisis in Jammu and Kashmir after the PDP (People's Democratic Party) pulled out of the Ghulam Nabi Azad government.

Training his guns on the Manmohan Singh government, Singh said that the ruling UPA at the centre had "failed on all fronts, including economic, nuclear issue, inflation and price rise."

"Inflation rate stands at 11.42 per cent and the central government is in a confused state, it is only using international oil market as a cover to hide its inability to address the problems," he said.

Claiming that there was not any significant influence in the supply and demand theory in the international crude oil market, Singh wondered what were the three economists-prime minister Manmohan Singh, Finance minster P Chidambaram and Planning Commission vice chairman Montek Singh Alhuwalia-doing to contain price rise and inflation which would have given some relief to the cpmmon man.