Tag: #PoliticalHistory

Rebellions That Could and Couldn’t Break the National Conference: What History Tells Omar Abdullah

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From Sheikh Abdullah to Omar: The Rebellions That Tested the National Conference

From the 1939 ideological split and the 1984 Shah rebellion to the present-day dissent, the NC has repeatedly faced challenges from within. Its survival has depended not simply on its political legacy, but on its ability to absorb internal pressure. By: Javid Amin | 07 November 2026 Srinagar: Every few years, the National Conference finds itself facing a familiar prediction: this time, the party may finally break. The prediction has followed leadership disputes, ideological disagreements, defections, political compromises and electoral setbacks. Yet the organisation has repeatedly returned to the centre…

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Jitendra Singh Blames Nehruvian Policies for Delay in Jammu and Kashmir’s Integration

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Jitendra Singh Blames Nehruvian Policies for Delay in Jammu and Kashmir's Integration

Taking jibe at the Congress, Citing Mirza Ghalib’s poetry “ki mire qatl ke baad us ne jafa se tauba” (After she had slain me then from torture she forswore) Union Minister Jitendra Singh Said, “For 60-70 years, those who did not implement the Constitution of India in Jammu and Kashmir, today they are teaching those who sacrificed 3 generations so that the Constitution of India should be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir.” Amid a chorus from the opposition benches that the Centre restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and set…

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