JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the BJP leader who allegedly threatened Pahari Muslims in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir should be booked under the UAPA and sent to jail. The BJP on Tuesday expelled Poonch district spokesperson Satish Bhargav for “hate speech” and “using unparliamentary language” during an […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday filed nomination papers from the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir. Jailed Awami Ittehad Party leader Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid has already filed nomination papers from this north Kashmir constituency. National Conference leader and former chief minister Omar Abdullah is also […]
SRINAGAR — A day after election to Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir was postponed to May 25, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti Wednesday claimed the two-week deferment was done at the behest of BJP to influence the voters and benefit its proxy candidate. Iltija Mufti, who was appointed as media […]
ANANTNAG — Congress leader Ghulam Ahmed Mir lashed out at the ruling BJP, saying that by deferring the poll for the newly created Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency, government has proved that the delimitation process was wrong. The Election Commission of India on Tuesday deferred the polls for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency scheduled for May […]
JAMMU — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to divide people of the country on the basis of religion and said Muslims cannot snatch anyone’s rights. He said the Congress-led INDIA bloc was formed to unite people and counter the challenge posed by the present dispensation, […]
JAMMU — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for deferring the polls on the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, accusing the Jammu and Kashmir administration of filing a “wrong” report to justify the postponement of the elections. Lok Sabha elections in the redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri constituency was slated for May […]
JAMMU — National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah took a dig at the Election Commission of India (ECI) for postponing polling in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat to May 25. Dr Abdullah maintained that they have the full support of people of the constituency. “See, it was not up to us (to defer the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP workers led by senior party leader Naeem Akhtar on Wednesday held a protest against the Election Commission of India’s decision to defer the polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat from May 7 to May 25. The PDP demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s report which led to the postponement of the […]
SRINAGAR — The PDP on Tuesday said the decision of Election Commission to postpone the polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat to May 25 was “another travesty of free exercise of franchise” in Jammu and Kashmir. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is among the candidates contesting the elections from the constituency. The party was reacting to […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief expelled senior leader Satish Bhargav from the party and also from the primary membership of the party for six years over “hate speech” and “unparliamentary language” during an election meeting. Disciplinary action was taken against Satish Bhargav after a video circulated in media where Satish Bhargav was making […]