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Mehbooba Mufti Urges Congress to Reconsider Alliance with Farooq Abdullah’s National Conference

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Mehbooba Mufti Urges Congress to Reconsider Alliance with Farooq Abdullah’s National Conference

Mehbooba Mufti said that Congress should rethink their support to the National Conference after Chaudhary Mohammad Akram equated the former with the BJP PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday (April 21) said that Congress should think about their support to the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir after the leader of the latter Chaudhary Mohammad Akram equated the grand old party with the BJP. “Chaudhary Akram could not have said anything worse than equating the Congress with the BJP while joining the National Conference. He said that there was no…

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Mehbooba Vows to Reclaim ‘Snatched’ Rights in Kashmir

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Mehbooba Vows to Reclaim 'Snatched' Rights in Kashmir

Stating that change is possible even in the darkest of times, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said she would strive to reclaim the “plundered rights of Jammu and Kashmir”. The senior leader, who is contesting from the Anatnag-Rajouri constituency, said that the Central government had on August 5, 2019, abrogated Articles 370 and 35A, “downgrading” the state of J&K into two UTs. “I promise you that we will get back whatever was snatched away from us post August 5, 2019. However, it is imperative for us to remain…

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Internal Discussions On in BJP Regarding Backing Candidates for Three Seats In Kashmir: Hardeep Singh Puri

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Internal Discussions On in BJP Regarding Backing Candidates for Three Seats In Kashmir: Hardeep Singh Puri

The BJP is not leaving any ground and the “best of the people” are discussing the matter on supporting candidates in the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir valley, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday. Speaking at Viksit Bharat ambssadors’ meet here, Puri said the 2024 general elections would produce a victory in favour of development so that the country moves forward to another significant chapter in the realisation of a ‘Viksit Bharat’. Asked about the BJP’s expectations from the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the minister said, “The…

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Srinagar PDP Candidate Urges Voters: Treat Lok Sabha Poll as Referendum

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Srinagar PDP Candidate Urges Voters: Treat Lok Sabha Poll as Referendum

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Srinagar candidate on Saturday appealed to Kashmir’s youngsters to consider the Lok Sabha election as a “referendum” to send to New Delhi a message about their “dissatisfaction” with the Centre’s decisions post August 2019. Waheed Parra, who is also the youth wing chief of the PDP, said there is a need to send a message “that you [New Delhi] should not accept the silence of Kashmir as its acceptance”. He told reporters during an election campaign at HMT in the city’s outskirts, “I think the main…

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JK BJP Explains Decision: Not Contesting Three Kashmir LS Seats

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JK BJP Explains Decision: Not Contesting Three Kashmir LS Seats

Facing criticism for not putting up candidates on the three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley, Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Saturday said sometimes “decisions are made to achieve a big goal” and the BJP is supporting “patriotic” parties. Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina said the party is finalising its strategy under the leadership of national president J P Nadda on the three seats of Anantnag-Rajouri, Srinagar and Baramulla on providing support to the contesting candidates as he requested people to reject the Congress, National Conference and…

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PDP Manifesto Declares Article 370 Abrogation Illegal: Mehbooba Mufti

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PDP Manifesto Declares Article 370 Abrogation Illegal: Mehbooba Mufti

A day after People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti filed her nomination papers from the Rajouri-Anantnag constituency, she released her party’s manifesto terming abrogation of Article 370 as illegal. Describing stopping of the cross-LoC trade as “arbitrarily”, Mehbooba accused the government of pushing people of J&K towards collective disempowerment and turning J&K into an open air prison. She said her party’s priority would be to highlight connectivity issue and demand construction of the Mughal Road Tunnel, Saadhna Tunnel and Rajdhaani Tunnel. The manifesto says a part of MP’s local area…

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DPAP Announces Support for Sajad Lone in Baramulla Constituency

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DPAP Announces Support for Sajad Lone in Baramulla Constituency

Former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) has decided to lend its support to Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman Sajad Lone in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from north Kashmir’s Baramulla segment. A local news gathering agency, KNS reported that DPAP has decided not to field any candidate from north Kashmir and instead support PC Chairman Sajad Lone from there. It reported that the DPAP had also decided to field Nazir Yatoo from the Srinagar parliamentary seat. According to the report, the development took place after DPAP…

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Shiv Sena Throws Weight Behind NC: Supports on 2 Kashmir Lok Sabha Seats

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Shiv Sena Throws Weight Behind NC: Supports on 2 Kashmir Lok Sabha Seats

Shiv Sena’s Jammu and Kashmir unit today met the National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah and extended support to the party for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In a press release issued to KNS, as per the instructions of the party state chief Manish Sahni a delegation of party leaders led by the party’s Kashmir division president Malik Bashir met Farooq Abdullah and extended conditional support to NC candidates from Srinagar and Baramulla seats. “The party extended support on issues like restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, protection of…

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Beyond Tourist Safety: Waheed Parra Demands Security for Kashmir Residents

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Beyond Tourist Safety: Waheed Parra Demands Security for Kashmir Residents

The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP’s) Youth President and candidate for Pulwama and Srinagar constituency Waheed ur Rehman Parra on Wednesday urged the youth to actively participate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by exercising their right to vote as the youth are the backbone of our society, and their participation is crucial in shaping the direction of our democracy. He also organised public meetings in the Charar-e-Sharief and Shopian constituencies. While interacting with the youth of the Charar-e- sharief constituency, Parra said, “Your vote is your voice, and it is through…

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Sachin Pilot Slams BJP: Alleges Politics of Vendetta and Divisiveness

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Sachin Pilot Slams BJP: Alleges Politics of Vendetta and Divisiveness

Jammu: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot today hit out at BJP for doing the politics of vendetta and hatred. He stated that BJP had only two MPs during Rajiv Gandhi’s time but Congress never raised the slogan of BJP Mukt Bharat. According to a press release, he was addressing a public meeting at Khour near Suchetgarh in favour of Congress candidate Raman Bhalla. Pilot said, “BJP has destroyed the democratic culture of the country by its mission to target only opposition leaders. The party has collected huge amounts through illegal…

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