MHA website fudges Jammu and Kashmir population figures: Saifuddin Soz
The Hindu
It has declined the Kashmir division’s population by 16 lakhs, says the Congress leader
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz on Tuesday accused the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) website of tampering with the population figures of Jammu and Kashmir “to decline the Kashmir division’s population by 16 lakhs”.
“The 2011 census shows the population of Kashmir as 69,07,623, Jammu as 53,50,811 and Ladakh as 2,90,492. However, the official website of the MHA in absolutely erroneous figure declined Kashmir’s population by almost 16 lakhs. The MHA website states that the Valley houses a total population of 53,50,811 residents, while the Jammu region houses 69,07,623 residents ,” Mr. Soz stated.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.