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Ticket Denied, Loyalty Changed: Bishnah’s Former MLA Joins NC

September 13, 2024 Editor

Former Bishnah MLA Kamal Arora, in his address, highlighted his disillusionment with the BJP’s policies and expressed confidence in Abdullah’s leadership and NC’s vision Rattled by desertions over ticket distribution, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday suffered another setback after former legislator Kamal Arora and Rinku Arora joined the National Conference (NC). The formal induction took place in Srinagar after the duo met NC president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah. The BJP has fielded Rajeev Kumar Bhagat from Bishnah, the seat that Arora had won on an NC ticket…

Rebellion in Ranks: BJP’s Sharma and Khajuria to Contest Independently

September 11, 2024 Editor

BJP rebel Chander Mohan Sharma, who resigned from the party recently, today filed his nomination as an Independent from the Jammu East constituency. In a related development, another BJP dissident Pawan Khajuria announced to contest as an Independent from the Udhampur East constituency. It is pertinent to mention that Sharma had worked for the saffron party for decades while Khajuria is the vice-president of the UT unit of the BJP. On Monday, Khajuria had said he might throw his hat in the poll ring after the party decided to field…

Jammu Holds the Key to J&K’s Next Government : Amit Shah

September 8, 2024 Editor

Jammu, Sep 07: Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah Saturday launched Bharatiya Janata Party’s high-octane Assembly poll campaign with a strong pitch for politically empowering its stronghold, stating that the route to power in J&K would flow from Jammu, unlike the past practice. “Jammu would be the fulcrum, setting the tone for political narrative and deciding about the government formation in J&K. Gone are the days when someone else would take a call as to how and who would form the government here (in J&K). Now the people…

Nature’s Fury: Ramban Hit by Flash Floods After Cloudburst, One Casualty Reported

September 4, 2024 Editor

A man was washed away in flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Ramban district on Monday evening, officials said. The incident took place in the Bankoot area of Banihal tehsil, when a cloudburst caused flash floods that washed away a JCB machine along with its operator, they said. Officials said the cloudburst hit the upper reaches of Bankoot village near Banihal, causing flash floods in the Gagarwah and Bankoot rivulets. The flash floods also damaged the under-construction Bankoot-Gujjarnar road and swept away machinery including an L&T machine and a…

Tragedy on Vaishno Devi Track: Landslide Claims Two Lives

September 3, 2024 Editor

Two women, who were on their way to the Vaishno Devi shrine, died in a major landslide in Reasi district on Monday. The mishap that occurred on the Himkoti track around 2.30 pm also left a girl severely injured. The area witnessed heavy downpour during the past few days, loosening the soil adjacent to the track. Although there was an iron roof to protect pilgrims from shooting stones and landslips, it could not protect the victims as heavy boulders and mud broke the iron roof. As this path to the…

Mending Fences: Ram Madhav Tackles BJP’s Internal Strife in Jammu

September 2, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, Sep 01: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership is holding hectic deliberations with disgruntled leaders in Jammu and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) senior functionary and former BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav is actively involved in the process. The saffron party has been hit by an open revolt ever since its first list of candidates was released only to be withdrawn within an hour. A perplexed BJP leadership including BJP J&K unit’s chief Ravinder Raina, Member of Parliament Jugal Kishore Sharma, and Union Minister Jitendra Singh have launched a salvage…

Jammu’s Pulse: What Voters Want from Upcoming J&K Assembly Elections

September 1, 2024 Editor

10 years after the last Assembly elections were conducted in J&K, then a state, the UT is set to witness a keen contest in the 3-phase polls | It’s a mix of old and new issues in the altered political and electoral landscape From the breathtaking peaks of the Pir Panjal range to the hot and humid plains of Kathua, a rich tapestry of diverse communities such as the Gujjars, Kashmiri Pandits and Dogras are poised to cast their votes in the Jammu region in the Assembly elections on September…

Jammu BJP Turmoil: Party Chief Dials Disgruntled Leaders

August 30, 2024 Editor

BJP chief JP Nadda is learnt to have spoken to some of the senior leaders in the party’s J&K unit who are said to be upset over not getting ticket for the Assembly elections. He reportedly called up former deputy CMs Nirmal Singh and Kavinder Gupta, and UT chief Ravinder Raina. The party had not named any of these leaders in the candidate list announced so far. Earlier in the day, other senior party leaders also tried reconciliation between former MLA Baldev Raj Sharma and Reasi district chief Rohit Dubey.…

BJP’s Ticketing Decisions Stir Protests in J&K, Prompting Urgent Damage Control

August 29, 2024 Editor

Reasi BJP chief Rohit Dubey strikes conciliatory note with Baldev Raj Sharma, who replaced him as the Vaishno Devi assembly constituency candidate in the second list released by the party. Amid bickering in the party over ticket allocation for the Vaishno Devi assembly constituency, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP attempted to iron out differences between former MLA Baldev Raj Sharma and Reasi district unit chief Rohit Dubey on Wednesday night. Dubey was the first choice of the party in its list of 44 candidates that was withdrawn. However, in the…

J&K BJP Chief Silenced by Angry Workers Amid Ticket Distribution Controversy

August 29, 2024 Editor

Jammu, Aug 28: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday was forced to cut short his speech by angry workers seeking explanation over denial of ticket to party leader Rohit Dubey from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi seat in Reasi district. Dubey’s name was replaced in the revised list of candidates with former MLA Baldev Raj Sharma. Raina rushed to Katra where Dubey’s supporters had come out on the roads and blocked the highway outside the newly set up party office to protest the party’s decision to field Sharma in…