Jammu, Feb. 3 -- Deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary on Monday dodged queries on coming clean on the much-awaited cabinet sub-committee report pertaining to regularisation of daily wagers in Jammu and Kashmir. When asked whether it would be tabled before the House during this budget session, Choudhary asked, "Is this the only issue confronting J&K?"

In a veiled attack on the BJP, he went on to claim that there were some daily wagers, who have become leaders (pawns) and indulged in politics on the directions of a party. "Few daily wagers have become leaders. They do politics and hold protests on the directions of a party. As far as the stand of the National Conference (NC) is concerned, our leader Omar Abdullah has constituted a comm...