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J&K Elections: Engineer Rashid Claims Political Conspiracy by Omar and Lone

September 24, 2024 Editor

Engineer Rashid claims Omar, Sajad Lone ganged up to defeat Awami Ittehad Party Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Monday alleged that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and People’s Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone had ganged up in a bid to defeat his Awami Ittehad Party candidates. The maverick politician, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated both Abdullah and Lone in the Lok Sabha elections from Baramulla earlier this year. “Just a few days ago, Omar sahib was branding everyone, including Sajad Lone and Altaf Bukhari’s Apni Party, as…

Campaigning Closes for Phase II: Omar Abdullah and BJP Chief Raina Among Key Contenders

September 24, 2024 Editor

Campaigning Closes for Phase 2: Omar Abdullah and BJP Chief Raina Among Key Contenders

High-octane campaigning for Phase 2 ends in J&K The poll campaigning for the second phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir concluded on Monday as leaders tried to woo voters of 26 Assembly constituencies spread across six districts of the UT. According to an official spokesperson, over 25.78 lakh voters would decide the fate of 239 candidates on Wednesday. The second phase of the elections would cover 26 Assembly segments, including Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam in the Kashmir division, Reasi, Rajouri and Poonch in the Jammu division. There are…

Karra Slams BJP: Accuses Party of Treating J&K as an Experimental Lab

September 23, 2024 Editor

While transformation is indeed happening in J&K, it’s not what the BJP claims. Instead, the region has been transformed from a thriving tourism hub to an experiment laboratory. —Tariq Hameed Karra, J&K Congress Chief J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said that BJP has transformed Jammu and Kashmir from a thriving tourism hub to an experiment laboratory. According to a statement on Sunday, Karra strongly reacted to the claims made by BJP leaders regarding transformation in Jammu and Kashmir. “While transformation is indeed happening in J&K, it’s not…

Omar Abdullah Challenges Amit Shah: ‘Decide Whom to Blame for Terrorism’

September 23, 2024 Editor

Amit Shah, during a rally in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, launched a scathing attack on three “dynastic families” of Abdullahs, Muftis and Gandhis. National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday hit out at home minister Amit Shah for accusing the Abdullahs of being responsible for terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, saying he should decide whom to blame for it – them or Pakistan. “Amit Shah should come clean. Amit Shah should tell who is responsible for terrorism in J&K. When BJP talks in the rest of India,…

Rajnath Singh Predicts BJP Sweep in Jammu and Kashmir Elections

September 23, 2024 Editor

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claims BJP will win in Jammu and Kashmir, promising statehood post-elections and dismissing Article 370 restoration claims. Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will sweep the elections in Jammu and Kashmir because it kept its promise and abrogated Article 370. Addressing a rally at RS Pura for party candidate and national secretary Dr Narinder Singh Raina, the defence minister said that statehood will be given to Jammu and Kashmir soon after the polls. “Statehood will be restored after elections,” he…

BJP Govt Lacks Muslim Representation, Calls It Anti-Muslim: Omar Abdullah

September 21, 2024 Editor

“Will the BJP seek votes for this? What have they done for us?” he asked. Mendhar/Jammu, Sep 20: National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah Friday criticised the BJP-led government at the Centre dubbing it anti-Muslim and said this is the first government since Independence that does not have a Muslim minister, despite Muslims constituting 14 percent of India’s population. Abdullah countered the BJP’s accusations of the National Conference (NC) being “soft separatists” and questioned why 4000 to 4500 workers, office bearers, MLAs and MLCs from his party were killed…

Mehbooba Mufti Defends Abdullahs Amid Pakistan Remark Controversy

September 21, 2024 Editor

Former CM Mehbooba Mufti said if the Abdullah family had implemented the agenda of Pakistan then Jammu and Kashmir would not have been a part of India but a part of Pak or a free territory In a rare defence of rival National Conference (NC) leaders, Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti snubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks about the NC-Congress alliance “implementing Pakistan’s agenda” in Jammu and Kashmir. The former CM said had the Abdullah family implemented the agenda of Pakistan, then the region would not have been a…

Battling Ideologies, Not Parties in J&K: Er Rashid

September 21, 2024 Editor

My fight not against NC, PDP but their ideologies: Er Rashid Srinagar, Sep 20 : Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) president Engineer Rashid on Friday said his struggle is against the ideologies of the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), rather than against the parties themselves. He accused these groups of neglecting the Kashmir issue in Delhi. Addressing a public gathering in north Kashmir’s Sopore, Er Rashid, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Baramulla, said he aims to represent the people’s sentiments. According to the news…

Kashmir’s Independents: 365 Candidates Contest Without Party Backing in Post-Article 370 Election

September 20, 2024 Editor

There is an emotive appeal in the voices of 365 candidates contesting without the backing of political parties in the Union Territory’s first election since the removal of special constitutional status in 2019. Autumn has arrived in Kashmir and the sun has grown milder. People are busy in roadside orchards picking windfall apples in south Kashmir’s Shopian as the harvest season is still a few weeks away. A 20-minute drive from Shopian town passes through low-lying and highland apple-laden orchards, leading to a cluster of houses in Reban Gundibeharam village…