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Navigating Sentiments on Article 370: BJP Stepped Back from Kashmir Lok Sabha Seats?

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Navigating Sentiments on Article 370: BJP Stepped Back from Kashmir Lok Sabha Seats?

Sensing angst over Article 370, the BJP is avoiding a direct contest and hoping proxy parties will win from Anantnag-Rajouri, Srinagar and Baramulla The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir chief Ravinder Raina was expecting his bosses in Delhi to make clear their decision on the candidate to be fielded for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. Instead, Raina, on April 17, received a call that BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh was headed for Jammu. Raina and his colleagues in the J&K BJP were eventually stunned to know that the party would…

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Valley in Shadow: Kashmir Grapples with Worsening Power Crisis

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Valley in Shadow: Kashmir Grapples with Worsening Power Crisis

A Valley in Shadow: Kashmir’s Power Crisis and the Path Towards a Brighter Future By: Javid Amin For residents of Kashmir, the struggle for reliable electricity has become a daily reality – a frustrating, and at times, debilitating burden. The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) recently announced a continuation of power cuts due to limited power availability, casting a shadow over everyday life in the valley. This news comes as a heavy blow to Kashmiris from all walks of life. Students grapple with completing their studies under flickering lights,…

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Mehbooba Mufti Vows to Resolve Issues Through Ballot, Not Bullets

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Mehbooba Mufti Vows to Resolve Issues Through Ballot, Not Bullets

Article 370 abrogation unacceptable Your vote will empower me to tell to Parliament that the decision to abrogate Article 370 is unacceptable to us and whatever has been snatched must be returned without further delay. Mehbooba Mufti, PDP Chief Appealing to people not to boycott polls this time, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti today said her party was an advocate of vote and voice, instead of guns and stones, which she said could not resolve the issues of Jammu and Kashmir. The upcoming election, Mehbooba said, was a…

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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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