Seeking to put to rest speculations about a possible"major development" in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday that "everything is fine, everything is normal" and rejected as "invalid" government orders that had generated panic inrecent days.

A series of government orders, including the one which spokeof prolonged law and order situation, had generated widespread speculation thatthe Centre was planning to abrogate Article 35-A of the Constitution, which provides exclusive rights to immovable property and government jobs only to natives of Jammu and Kashmir.Political parties in the state had reacted strongly to such a possibility, warning of dire consequences. Dismissing the speculation, the governor said, "Koi valid order nahi hai jo dikhayi diyagaya hai (There are no valid orders that are in circulation on social media)".

The governor was replying to questions about the ordersfloating on social media regarding the storage of ration due to a possible law and order situation in the wake of alteration in the special status of the state.The replies from the governor seek to put to rest a week's uncertainty that had been dogging the valley especially after Centre had rushed 100 companies (10,000 security personnel) to the state.

"Kashmir is a place where if someone sneezes in LalChowk, the same incident is projected as a bomb blast at Raj Bhavan," thegovernor said.  The distance between LalChowk and Raj Bhavan is 10 kilometres."Many rumours float here on dailybasis but please do not pay any heed to that. Everything is fine, everything isnormal," he said on the sidelines of a function at SKICC where he wasaddressing principals of Navodaya Vidyalaya.Kashmir has been on the edge forthe past week after the Centre decided to send additional Central ArmedParamilitary Forces (CAPFs) to the valley, giving rise to speculations that theBJP-led union government might repeal Article 35-A of the constitution. Out ofthese, 80 companies were pushed to the Valley while the remaining were sent toJammu region.While a Railway Protection Force officer had issued an orderasking the employees to stock up rations for four months in view of predictionof deteriorating law and order situation, the Senior Superintendent of Policeof Srinagar had directed five zonal SPs in the city to collect details of allthe mosques and their management committees in their respective areas ofjurisdiction and submit it immediately for onward submission to higherauthorities.

The railway protection force officer was transferred onMonday, while the SSP said collecting information about mosques was a part ofroutine policing.

Reacting to the governor's statement, National Conferenceleader Omar Abdullah demanded a CBI inquiry into the "fake orders"that had surfaced on social media over the past few days, leading tospeculation that the Centre might be moving to scrap Article 35-A of theConstitution, which provides special rights of residency and jobs to the peopleof Jammu and Kashmir in the state.

"This is a very serious matter raised by the Governor.Fake orders were circulated under the signature of senior government officers.This is not something that can be dismissed with a simple sound byte. The CBImust be asked to investigate these fake orders & their origin,"Abdullah tweeted.

Addressing the principals, the governor said corruption wasrampant in the state but the "disease has not developed overnight".

"It is a result of mistakes committed by pastgovernments in Delhi, making people chief minister without contesting electionor by rigging the polls, by declaring the winning candidates as losers. Iconsider the local leaders more guilty because they never spoke truth to thepeople," he said.Malik said the local politicians were dream merchants whofirst sold 'azaadi' and then 'autonomy' for Jammu and Kashmir to the people ofthe state.

"They would show such dreams to people...there was atime when my 'shawl wala' would ask me 'would we get freedom?' I told him youare already free and if you think freedom is going to Pakistan, go to the otherside. Who is stopping you? There will be no freedom by breaking India,"the Governor said.

In a veiled reference to the National Conference, Malik saidthe leaders would "return from Delhi and address a gathering where theywould display a green handkerchief to show that they have Pakistan's support.Pakistan is able to handle its own (country), what good will it do toyou?"