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…
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…
โKashmiris are not afraid of Indian forces. Too many Kashmiris have given their lives for them to accept a relationship by force.โ SRINAGAR โ Kashmiris will not forget Delhiโs repeated โbetrayals,โ especially that of former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, contends veteran Congress leader Prof. Saifuddin Soz. The former union minister also believes that…
Days after Delhi talks, another script has unfolded in the valley. A viral clip is now laying bare a new model for โNaya Kashmirโ and scrapping the political posturing of the 14 unionists. Lutyensโ Delhiโs diehard turned discarded โcrisis managerโโthe one who faced the 2008 land agitationโis said to be a new manager of โNaya…
The controversial Faxgate mightโve thwarted his chief ministership bid in the fall of 2018, but the son of Abdul Gani Lone is only following his fatherโs footsteps in order to recreate the northern front in Kashmir politics. A whisper first came amid the communication blockade of 2019 when a certain scribe detailed Centaurโs captive life…
After Akbarโs invading army faced an โoppressedโ hatredโโPogi moghulโโfor being the first alien arm-twisters in the valley, the koshur slang only progressed with political shades and slurs throughout its โNaya Kashmirโ resurgent phases.ย As the two political pals rose to address the monarchy-liberated masses in Kashmirโs Red Square in the late forties, the celebrated Persian…
As the Front man, he gave everything to the cause dismissed as โwildernessโ by a figurehead. And now when the same league is out for a new political bargain, the erstwhile supporter is seeing a clear dรฉjร vu. Sheikh Abdullahโs mid-seventy handshake with Indira Gandhi began backfiring when a secret police laid a net to…
Although they never fought on the frontlines, the forgotten women militia remains a standalone event in Kashmir history in which women took to streets and equipped themselves with arms, and trained themselves thereof. Seventy-three years ago, the tribesmen of North-Western Frontier of Pakistan marched into Kashmir, steadily journeying eastwards in the interest of โfreeing Kashmirโ…