Partyโs national president JP Nadda directs party cadres to reach out to people, strengthen roots. JAMMU โ Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda has asked the party men to get ready for assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir stating that present was theirs and efforts should be made to โgrab future tooโ. Nadda…
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stated that the elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be conducted in the next 6-8 months. SRINAGAR โ The mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday said that the government in the J&K is the need of the hour and hoped that the Central government is…
The party has objections to the abolition of some Assembly seats and their merger with other constituencies, besides reservation of some segments and change of boundaries at other places. SRINAGAR โ Bharatiya Janata Partyโs Jammu and Kashmir unit has said that the party will file objections to the draft proposal that was shared with the…
Document is not rationally prepared, a netizen argues, it demonstrates an unscientific approach. Apart from political parties, Kashmiri netizens are arguing that the draft proposed by the Delimitation Commission is far from reality, given the geographical inaccuracies with the unnatural merger of areas. Document is not rationally prepared, argues netizen Ibrahim Javaid Shah. โIt demonstrates…
Mehbooba reacted after Home Minister of India Amit Shah said elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held after completion of the ongoing delimitation process and statehood will be restored once the situation in J&K becomes normal. SRINAGAR โ Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peopleโs Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sharply…
โThe protesters also raised slogans for the restoration of the erstwhile stateโs special status, and also denounced the โhighhandednessโ of police and administration.โ SRINAGAR โ Despite the Jammu and Kashmir administrationโs attempts to scuttle the protest demonstration of the Peopleโs Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) against the Delimitation Commissionโs draft proposal, two constituents of the…
“The political parties also sense that the Centre might hold elections soon, so they have begun preparations.” SRINAGAR โ In a bid to reassert themselves, the major mainstream political parties of Kashmir have begun a public outreach. The outreach began days after the dormant factions of Hurriyat Conference issued a shutdown call in the aftermath…
Around two dozen โAzad loyalistsโ have resigned from the party saying โunscrupulous elementsโ have hijacked the party. SRINAGAR โ Over two dozen Congress members in Jammu and Kashmir, considered close to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and former leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, have tendered resignation to the…
Home Minister Amit Shahโs recent statement that the Government of India will only engage with the youth of Kashmir has once again shifted focus to the restive group grappling with plenteous problems at present. Return of the jumble-sale methods has already made fall a chilling winter in the valley. The metaphorical contrast of the withering…
The political parties are still not clear whether to contest elections without seeking restoration of special status and statehood. SRINAGAR โ When the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi met various political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir including former chief ministers and parliamentarians, in June this year, one of the issues discussed was to strengthen…