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Despite poll boycott, PDP, NC field proxy candidates

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The duplicity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and National Conference (NC) has been exposed as both the parties have fielded proxy candidates from a majority of the 247 wards of 15 urban local bodies going to the polls in the first phase across the Jammu region. This has happened despite the PDP and NC announcing a boycott of civic bodies elections in the state over Article 35A of the Constitution. While second-rung leaders of the two parties are contesting elections as Independents in most wards, some top leaders have…

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Amid acid attack warnings, J&K govt announces extra month’s salary for state’s panchayat poll volunteers

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To create a sense of security among the government employees in Jammu and Kashmir amid the looming militant threat over Urban Local bodies and Panchayat polls, the government has decided to give one-month additional salary to those employees to those who will be deployed for election-duty in the upcoming electoral exercise. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary V R Subrahmanyam on Tuesday said that the state employees will get additional one-month salary for poll duty. During a press conference in Srinagar, he said the state government’s move is aimed at pleasing…

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Polls will happen despite ‘Dynastic’ political parties boycotting them: Ram Madhav

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BJP national general secretary and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Ram Madhav said on Tuesday that two dynastic political parties have boycotted the upcoming local body elections because they don’t want power to go outside their family. “We have taken a pledge to conduct local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Two parties of the state which are dynastic parties and who have never wanted power to go out of their families have boycotted the elections. They thought if they won’t contest, who would conduct the elections,” said Madhav. Addressing…

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NC to sack members who contest municipal polls, Junaid Mattoo quits party to stand in civic polls

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The two-day long Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of National Conference (NC), which concluded Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to sack any party leader and member found participating in the Urban Local Body (ULB) or Panchayat polls. CWC, the top decision-making body of the party, passed the resolution in the wake of the resignation of party’s chief spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu, who resigned to contest the ULB polls. Sources in the party said some of the members in CWC had raised voice against the party’s decision not to contest ULB…

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Ready for talks with all on Kashmir Issue: Rajnath Singh

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The government is ready for dialogue with “everyone” on the Kashmir issue, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, days after India cancelled a foreign minister-level talks with Pakistan. He, however, asserted that terrorism in the Kashmir valley was “Pakistan-sponsored”. “I think the (Kashmir) matter will be resolved. We are ready to talk to everyone,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Central Zonal Council here. Rajnath said as far as terrorism in J&K was concerned, all security agencies were working in coordination. “Terrorism in Kashmir…

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Abduction, Killing of policemen cast shadow on polls in J&K

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The abduction and killing of three policemen in south Kashmir’s Shopian early on Friday have vitiated the already tense atmosphere for the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections in the state. The killings have prompted a double impact: a wave of fear among local special police officers (SPOs), many of whom took to social media to distance themselves from the police department, and triggered more worry among people who have been associated with the local bodies. “With each passing day, the atmosphere is turning scary. The incidents of violence are continuing,…

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Imran seeks resumption of Indo-Pak talks, writes to Modi

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Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Foreign Office said here Thursday, seeking to re-start the bilateral talks on key issues “challenging the relationship” including on terrorism and Kashmir. In the letter dated September 14, the cricketer-turned-politician, who became the prime minister last month, proposed a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this month. “Building on the mutual desire for peace between…

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Amid boycott calls, Congress to fight local polls in J&K

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The Congress on Wednesday announced its participation in the local bodies’ elections being held in Jammu and Kashmir from October to December days after saying the situation was not conducive for the polls amid a spike in militant violence in the state. “We cannot leave the field open for the BJP and the RSS,’’ said state Congress chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir. He said the secular forces should have joined hands to stop the “communal forces”. “The BJP was happy that some parties are not participating,’’ said Mir, while referring to…

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RSS does not accept Article 370, 35A of Constitution: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Wednesday said the organisation does not accept Article 370 and Article 35A of Indian constitutions, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Bhagwat presented Sangh’s views on a number of contentious issue while answering wide-ranging written questions on the last day of the RSS’ three-day conclave, including on matters like inter-caste marriages, education policy, crimes against women, cow vigilantism. Bhagwat also talked about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and said the RSS does not accept Article 370 and 35-A of Constitution relating to the…

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Will provide corruption-free governance system, Anger of Kashmir youth a big challenge: Governor Malik

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Ensuring a transparent and people-oriented governance system is my topmost priority as head of Jammu and Kashmir, the Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday, and assured that he would listen to public grievances frequently and address them swiftly. In an exclusive interview with Kashmir Post at Raj Bhavan here, Malik, who replaced NarendaNath Vohra, said that he wanted to make his own office accountable to the people. “I have kept the doors of Raj Bhavan open for the public. They can come and meet me any time,” he said,…

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