August 31, 2024 | Kashmir POST

BJP Battles Internal Strife in J&K: Two More Leaders Quit Over Ticket Dispute

August 31, 2024 Editor

The assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on September 18, 25 and October 1. The counting of votes will take place on October 4. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on Saturday hit by two exits of two more leaders in the Jammu and Kashmir unit ahead of the assembly elections. Kashmir Singh, the BJP’s Samba district president, resigned from the party’s primary membership. Opposing the candidature of former J&K minister Surjit Singh Slathia who switched over from Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference to the BJP, Singh said,”With…

Election 2024: JD(U) Vows to Free Prisoners in Valley, BJP Ally’s Bold Move

August 31, 2024 Editor

As political parties are scrambling in the Valley to attract voters ahead of the next month’s elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) main ally, Janata Dal (United), has promised the release of stone pelters and political prisoners to “promote peace and reconciliation” in its poll manifesto. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Janata Dal (United) party, which has fielded two candidates in the first phase of next month’s poll, says it has already sent a letter having names of more than 800 stone pelters to the Union Home Ministry,…

Congress Candidate Jailed for 5 Months Over 2012 Code Violation

August 31, 2024 Editor

A court in Uttar Pradesh has convicted Congress candidate from Banihal and former Jammu and Kashmir chief Vikar Rasool Wani to five months’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him for violating the model code of conduct (MCC) during the 2012 Assembly elections in the state. The conviction came as a shock to the Congress party, which is banking on Wani, who is a two-time MLA from the Banihal seat. Banihal is one of the five constituencies in J&K, where the NC and Congress will have a…

What Was Given Up: Omar Abdullah on National Conference’s ‘Sacrifices’ for Congress Alliance

August 31, 2024 Editor

J&K elections: As per the seat-sharing formula between the two parties, the National Conference will contest 51 seats while Congress will fight on 32 Jammu and Kashmir National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday revealed what transpired during pre-poll alliance talks with the Congress for the upcoming assembly election. Addressing a rally at the party’s headquarters in Srinagar, the former chief minister said that the election is a fight for the entire J&K. “If we have to undo the wrongs done to us, it will not only benefit us, but…

‘A Good Step, But…’: Omar Abdullah’s Take on Banned Group Members Contesting J&K Elections

August 31, 2024 Editor

Assembly polls are being held in Jammu and Kashmir for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday said it is a “good thing” that Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are participating in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir elections but fired a salvo at the banned group. While welcoming their participation into active politics, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said that they would have to explain to the people of the union territory “why so much blood was in their hands”. “It’s…