Scrap sedition law and Kashmir policy from Congress manifesto become Arun Jaitley’s targets

The Congress has said it will review force deployment in Kashmir and omit the sedition law Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was deployed by the BJP today to counter the Congress’s manifesto, said the promises made by Rahul Gandhi were “unimplementable” and “dangerous”. He reinforced his party’s focus on national security, the main campaign plank of the BJP, by focusing largely on sections in the manifesto that were on Jammu and Kashmir and on omitting Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code that defines the offence of sedition. The…

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Amit Shah ‘Daydreaming’ about abrogating Article 370: Mehbooba Mufti

Mufti said the Constitutional provision is a bridge between the people of the state and India PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said BJP president Amit Shah was “daydreaming” about abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution that provides special status to the state. Mufti said the Constitutional provision is a bridge between the people of the state and India. “I want to tell Amit Shah that you are daydreaming if you think you will abrogate Article 370,” Mufti said while addressing a workers’ meet…

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Udhampur-Doda seat to have a fierce contest

As no prominent candidate withdrew his nomination papers on Friday, the last day to “come out” of the fray, the prestigious Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat is going to witness a fierce battle among candidates belonging to the “warrior clan”. The main political players have chosen candidates from the Rajput community to turn this constituency into a “battlefield” for their nominees. The BJP has repeated Union Minister Jitendra Singh on this constituency, while the Congress has fielded scion of the erstwhile Dogra dynasty Vikramaditya Singh. Veteran politician and BJP rebel leader…

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Omar Abdullah and Gautam Gambhir get into Twitter fight

Abdullah recently said he would work towards restoring the posts of PM and President for J&K Gambhir responded by saying Abdullah needs a cup of strong coffee or a Pakistani passport Abdullah in turn replied saying Gautam Gambhir should stick to tweeting about the IPL Pigs flew, Pakistani passports were mentioned, cricketing skills were debated and advice to clean reading glasses were given as former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and cricketer-turned politician Gautam Gambhir clashed on Twitter this afternoon. Abdullah and Gambhir, who recently joined the Bharatiya…

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