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Jailed Religious Leader Sarjan Barkati to Contest in Upcoming Assembly Elections

August 28, 2024 Editor

Srinagar: A popular religious cleric Sarjan Ahmad Wagay aka Sarjan Barkati, who is in jail in a terror funding case, is set to contest the upcoming legislative assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir as independent candidate. Quoting family, new agency news agency KNO reported that they are filing nominations papers today at DC office Shopian. They said that they have already conducted a meeting with locals in Reban, the native village of Barkati, and will leave toward Shopian to file his nomination papers. Barkati’s daughter is expected to hold a press…

South Kashmir Sees Ex-Jamaat Members Running on Youth, Mainstream Platforms

August 28, 2024 Editor

The banned outfit is also backing another Independent in J&K first phase polls; it proposed to field seven candidates for this phase, but three of them backed out Three former members of the banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir filed their nomination papers from various constituencies of South Kashmir on Tuesday, the last day for filing nomination for the first phase of the upcoming J&K Assembly elections. These Jamaat-e-Islami nominees include Dr Talat Majeed, Sayar Ahmad Reshi and Nazir Ahmad. The Jamaat is also backing another Independent candidate Umar Hamid in…

NC Leader Omar Abdullah to Run from Historic Ganderbal Constituency in J&K Elections

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 Editor

For the National Conference, Ganderbal is considered its strong hold as the constituency in the past had elected three generations of Abdullah family. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah will contest from the Ganderbal constituency in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. For the National Conference, Ganderbal is considered its strong hold as the constituency in the past had elected three generations of Abdullah family — NC founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in 1977, his son Farooq Abdullah thrice in 1983, 1987 and 1996 and Omar Abdullah was elected…

BJP’s First List Sparks Discord: Ex-Deputy CMs Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta Missing

August 27, 2024 Editor

As per the now withdrawn list, BJP had allocated Budhal seat to Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali, who recently joined BJP after quitting Apni Party. It also named Chowdhary Abdul Gani, who switched from the Congress to the saffron party, from Poonch Haveli constituency. Murtaza Khan, who was previously associated with the PDP, was named from Mendhar in Poonch. The inclusion of these names infuriated the local BJP cadre of the Jammu region. Protesters also raised questions over allocating Akhnoor seat to former SSP Mohan Lal Bhagat, who recently took voluntary retirement.…

MHA Approves Creation of 5 New Districts in Ladakh; Locals Celebrate Decision

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 Editor

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday decided to create five new districts in Ladakh. Informing about this decision in a post on the microblogging site ‘X’, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah said that with this decision, the new districts – Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang – will take the benefits meant for the people to their doorsteps by bolstering governance in every nook and cranny. “After the formation of these five districts, there will now be a total of seven districts in Ladakh, including…

Jamaat-E-Islami J&K: Committed to Democracy, Candidates to Run as Independents Amid Ban

August 27, 2024 Editor

Will follow democratic path even if hurdles created: J&K’s banned Jamaat; Candidates to contest as Independents: Senior member The banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI-JK) is all set to “unanimously” contest the Assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir next month after more than 30 years, and will “follow the democratic path, even if hurdles are created,” Jamaat senior member Ghulam Qadir Lone has told . In an interview , Lone, however, admitted that because the ban on the Jamaat remains in place, all candidates will contest as Independents. A senior member of the…

Rahul Gandhi: ‘Running J&K from Delhi Defies Logic, Local Governance is Key’

August 27, 2024 Editor

In a video of his recent visit to Srinagar, the Congress leader talked about the upcoming elections in J&K and mentioned how statehood had been taken away for the first time in Indian history Reiterating the demand for the restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said it does not make sense to run J&K from Delhi. Mr. Gandhi made these remarks during an interaction with Kashmiri women during his recent visit to Srinagar, a video of which was released on…

Resignations Shake Up Political Landscape: 2 PDP, 1 BJP DDC Members Step Down Ahead of J&K Polls

August 27, 2024 Editor

Angry over candidate selection for upcoming assembly polls, three district development council (DDC) members in south Kashmir – two from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – resigned from their parties Angry over candidate selection for upcoming assembly polls, three district development council (DDC) members in south Kashmir – two from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – resigned from their parties on Monday. DDC chairperson Shopian Bilquees Bano and member Harmain Abdul Rashid Lone on Monday resigned from the…

Supporters Protest as BJP Withdraws Initial Candidate List for Jammu & Kashmir Polls

August 26, 2024 Editor

Many workers threatened to act rebels in the upcoming J&K polls starting September 18, warning that their votes could undermine the party’s position. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers protested in Jammu on Monday shortly after the release and swift withdrawal of the first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. Though the party subsequently released two fresh lists, one with 15 candidates, including eight from the Jammu region and seven from the Kashmir Valley, and another with just one name, Choudhary Roshan Hussain…

BJP Releases Revised List of 15 Candidates for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election

August 26, 2024 Editor

BJP has nominated Shagun Parihar from Kishtwar constituency. Her father Ajit Parihar and uncle Anil Parihar were killed by terrorists on November 1, 2018. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its revised list of 15 candidates for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, after withdrawing its initial list of 44 candidates. The first list which was promptly withdrawn included candidates for the second and third phases also. The revised list focuses exclusively on the first phase with polling scheduled for September 18. The second phase…