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J&K Cabinet Expansion Triggers Dissent in National Conference; Mubarak Gul Named General Secretary

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J&K Cabinet Expansion Triggers Dissent in National Conference

Farooq Abdullah appoints veteran Eidgah MLA to a key organisational post after four ministers are inducted into Omar Abdullah’s Cabinet; discontent among senior leaders exposes the challenge of balancing political aspirations and regional representation By: News Desk | 27 October 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s long-awaited Cabinet expansion has triggered visible resentment within the ruling National Conference (NC), with several senior legislators expressing disappointment over their exclusion from ministerial positions and supporters of veteran leader Mubarak Gul staging a protest at the party headquarters. The political…

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National Conference Says Jammu Gets Special Focus; What About Kashmir?

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National Conference Says Jammu Gets Special Focus; What About Kashmir?

Jammu Gets Development Push Under Omar Abdullah Government; What Is Kashmir Getting? By: News Desk | 22 October 22 2026 Jammu: The National Conference has defended the Omar Abdullah-led government’s development agenda in Jammu, with senior party leader and Jammu Provincial President Rattan Lal Gupta asserting that the region is receiving due attention in infrastructure, drinking water, electricity, healthcare, education and employment generation. Gupta’s remarks come amid a continuing political debate over balanced development across Jammu and Kashmir, where regional priorities, public services and the distribution of development spending remain…

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Restore Pre-August 5 position of J&K: National Conference

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Statements to create an atmosphere of ‘peace, love and amity’ have no meaning unless the Centre respects the political aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, say 11 leaders of the party Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s all-party meeting over the Ladakh face-off with China and the death of 20 soldiers, the top leadership of the National Conference (NC) on Friday praised the BJP leadership’s reconciliatory tone and demanded the restoration of pre-August 5, 2019 constitutional position of Jammu and Kashmir and the unification of the Union Territories…

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National Conference, Congress say no to GST in State

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The opposition political parties today derailed the ruling PDP-BJP government’s race towards the extension of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to J&K, which is shielded from Central laws by its special constitutional status within the Indian Union. Both principal opposition parties National Conference (NC) and Congress opposed the extension of the GST to J&K, saying it would be a compromise on the financial and political autonomy of the state. “We will not allow anything that jeopardises our constitutional position. We told the government that we won’t allow extension of…

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National Conference, Congress slams PDP for ‘Importing RSS’ into Kashmir

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Fascist forces have no place in Kashmir: Mir PDP is carbon copy of RSS: Sagar National Conference and Congress Tuesday assailed PDP for importing RSS into Kashmir, saying that the politically sagacious people won’t allow the machinations of saffron social engineering to succeed in a pluralistic state like Jammu and Kashmir. “PDP stands exposed for facilitating the RSS to spread its tentacles, first by inducting its political constituent BJP into the government and now by vitiating the atmosphere on communal and regional lines”, senior NC and Congress leaders said while…

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National Conference, Congress to jointly fight LS bypolls

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Farooq Abdullah to contest from Srinagar constituency, Ghulam Mir from Anantnag The state’s two main opposition parties, National Conference and Congress, on Wednesday announced that they would jointly contest the upcoming by elections to the two parliamentary constituencies in the Kashmir valley and field their senior most leaders. The National Conference and Congress have also agreed on a seat-sharing agreement, said NC working president Omar Abdullah while addressing a press conference attended by several leaders of the two parties. Farooq Abdullah, the most senior leader in the NC and the…

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