Day: September 8, 2024

Jammu Holds the Key to J&K’s Next Government : Amit Shah

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Jammu Holds the Key to J&K’s Next Government : Amit Shah

Jammu, Sep 07: Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah Saturday launched Bharatiya Janata Party’s high-octane Assembly poll campaign with a strong pitch for politically empowering its stronghold, stating that the route to power in J&K would flow from Jammu, unlike the past practice. “Jammu would be the fulcrum, setting the tone for political narrative and deciding about the government formation in J&K. Gone are the days when someone else would take a call as to how and who would form the government here (in J&K). Now the people…

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Election Heat: Amit Shah Accuses Cong-NC of Misleading on Statehood

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Election Heat: Amit Shah Accuses Cong-NC of Misleading on Statehood

The BJP leader and Union home minister reiterated that the central government will restore J&K’s statehood at an ‘appropriate time’ after the election. Addressing a rally on the second and final day of his visit to Jammu in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir, BJP leader and Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday asked the Congress and National Conference (NC) to ‘stop fooling people in the name of statehood.’ “The Congress and NC are saying that they will restore statehood. Tell me, who can give it (statehood)? Only the central government…

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Crackdown in J&K: Nine FIRs Filed, Five Govt Employees Suspended for Poll Code Breaches

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Crackdown in J&K: Nine FIRs Filed, Five Govt Employees Suspended for Poll Code Breaches

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has said nine FIRs were lodged and five government employees suspended for violations of the Model Code of Conduct in Jammu and Kashmir. Twenty-three warnings were issued and inquiries were underway in 48 cases of poll code violations, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said in a statement. The Model Code of Conduct for elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly came into effect on August 16. The statement from the CEO’s office said 175 cases of poll code violations, including…

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AIP’s Bold Move: Manifesto Promises to Revoke UAPA, PSA, and Ban Liquor

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AIP’s Bold Move: Manifesto Promises to Revoke UAPA, PSA, and Ban Liquor

Srinagar, Sep 07: The jailed parliamentarian, Er Rahshid-led Awami Ittihad Party (AIP) Saturday released its manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections in J&K. Its tagline, “Jail Free Kashmir.” The manifesto’s front page shows the party’s red and green flag with caged Rashid below it. “No more PSA, no more UAPA” bolded under Rashid. In addition to vow unconditional release of all the people of J&K languishing in different jails across India, the party promises to revoke draconian laws like the UAPA and the PSA. The party has stated that once in…

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