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Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti removes Haseeb Drabu from Council of Ministers over controversial statement

| @indiablooms | Mar 12, 2018, at 11:41 pm

Srinagar, Mar 12 (IBNS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has decided to remove state  Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu from  her Council of Ministers after his remark on Jammu and Kashmir triggered a controversy.

According to reports, Mufti has sent a letter to the Governor of the state N.N. Vohra over the issue.

PDP leader Drabu recently triggered a controversy by saying that issue of Jammu and Kashmir was not a political problem or it was a conflict state.

He said it was a social issue.

PDP sources told IBNS that an order, which reads that Drabu was suspended from the Council of Ministers after he made a statement on Kashmir, has been issued.

The source said the order has been forwarded to the state Governor for approval.

(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

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