Mr. Dharam Pal Sharma-Ex-MP Senior Vice President Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee has issued the statement to the press, . “ Dr. Mustafa Kamal Senior NC leader is in the habit of issuing highly irresponsible and objectionable statements, in the press-media, against the Congress party and Centre. These have been ignored in the past, in the interest of the coalition, although he had been claiming the backing of his party (NC).” “ Since he has been rewarded with status of official Spokesman and additional General Secretary of his party (NC), it is believed that he is in know of the sensitivities and responsibilities of the assignment. His recent statements are not only totally irresponsible but also mischievous and politically motivated.” The NC leadership should take immediate action against him for his repeated acts of omission and commission”, Sharma demanded.
When the holy Quran was placed before Mohammed Maqbool Butt on the morning of February 11, 1984, he knew that death awaited him in the phansi kothi a few yards away. A high voltage bulb burning outside the grated doors of his solitary cell in the death row was indicative of the outside darkness. If he had had any hopes of living awhile yet, they were dashed by the presence of the” prison doctors. Jail superintendent, A.B. Shukla/had paid Butt a visit in the middle of the previous night. Shukla chatted with him for a long time but cautiously avoided any talk about the execution. “I will see you on Monday”, Butt’s counsel on record, the sallow-complexioned R.C. Pathak, had told him during a brief interview they were allowed on the evening of February 10. In answer, the condemned Kashmir Liberation Front leader, who was awarded the death sentence of the murder of a CID officer in 1966, had meaningfully remarked: “Do you think they will permit us a second meeting?” He was right! Butt was n...
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