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Jammu and Kashmir Statehood Dilemma: Fresh Elections or Legal Transition?

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Jammu and Kashmir Statehood Dilemma: Fresh Elections or Legal Transition?

Between a Ballot and the Books of Law By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 25 June 2025 As Jammu and Kashmir inches closer to regaining its statehood status, a fundamental debate has emerged: Should fresh elections be held once the region transitions from a Union Territory (UT) to a state? Or is the existing 90-member Legislative Assembly, formed under the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, sufficient to serve as the legitimate state assembly? The question is more than procedural—it cuts to the core of democratic legitimacy, constitutional interpretation, and political strategy.…

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J&K Assembly Elections: PDP Gambles on NC Partnership to Navigate Complex Political Terrain

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J&K Assembly Elections: PDP Gambles on NC Partnership to Navigate Complex Political Terrain

Favouring a pre-poll alliance with the National Conference (NC) for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the PDP on Wednesday said the people of the Union Territory should unite to achieve the larger goal. PDP parliamentary board chairman Mohammad Sartaj Madni said the party wanted the constituents of the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to remain together. “The PAGD was formed after Mehbooba’s struggle. She is the anchor of the PAGD. So, we do not want any rifts in it. There will be nothing from our side to…

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Jammu Kashmir Bill: Omar Abdullah Raises Concerns, Alleging Political Motivations

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Jammu Kashmir Bill: Omar Abdullah Raises Concerns, Alleging Political Motivations

Srinagar, December 8, 2023: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has ignited a political firestorm by alleging that the recently passed Jammu Kashmir Reservation Bill is solely intended to benefit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming elections. Abdullah, a prominent leader of the National Conference party, expressed strong reservations against the bill, claiming it grants backdoor entry to the Legislative Assembly for members of the Kashmiri migrant community and displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He views this move as a calculated attempt to bolster the BJP’s…

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