Ram Madhav in Valley, another meet with Sajad Gani Lone

Amid speculations over the government formation, BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav arrived in the summer capital on Wednesday. Even as BJP leaders said they did not know about Madhav’s visit, sources said the BJP national general secretary met People’s Conference chairman Sajad Lone on Wednesday. Madhav had played a key role in the formation of the previous PDP-BJP coalition government in the state. This is Madhav’s second visit to the Valley after the BJP pulled out of the coalition government with the PDP. He had met Lone during his…

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Valley based traders body to chalk out plan to safeguard Article 35A

Valley-based traders’ organisations, which remained at the forefront of the recent protests, are now on the job to form a fresh strategy to oppose the attempts towards the abrogation of Article 35A. After taking out a series of protests, the traders will chalk out a fresh plan of action to “safeguard” Article 35A, which was added to the Constitution by a Presidential Order in 1954, and accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of the state. “We are having a meeting on August 9 and will discuss the way…

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