JAMMU — Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik on Friday demanded that panchayat and other local elections be held without making them conditional on statehood restoration, while questioning the narrative surrounding the abrogation of Article 370. Malik’s remarks came as Abdullah has been countering demands to hold local body elections by drawing parallel with […]
SRINAGAR — AAP MLA from Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, Mehraj Malik, was on Wednesday marshalled out of the Legislative Assembly here after he went to the well of the House to register his protest for not being allowed to speak. Malik went into the well of the House while the Question Hour was going on, […]
JAMMU — The high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has directed authorities to consider the plea of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik seeking restoration of his security cover, including escort vehicle, and take an appropriate decision within six weeks. Justice Sanjay Dhar passed the directions on Monday while disposing of Malik’s petition, filed through […]
NEW DELHI — AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal met climate activist Sonam Wangchuk at the Jantar Mantar on Thursday and expressed solidarity with his protest against alleged paper leaks, demanding resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Addressing the protest, Kejriwal said the Centre should listen to the youth, students and Wangchuk, asserting that their […]
JAMMU — Family members of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik and party leaders on Tuesday welcomed his release, terming it a “victory of truth” and reaffirmed their commitment to public welfare in Jammu and Kashmir. Malik’s father Shammas Din expressed satisfaction, saying his son has always worked for the people. “He is my son and he […]
JAMMU — After his release from Kathua jail on Tuesday, AAP MLA Mehraj Malik rued the entanglement of politics with the slapping of legal cases, but asserted that no change is possible without political engagement. He further vowed to continue his struggle for public welfare unabated and asserted that it is driven by thoughts rather […]
JAMMU — Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik was released from Kathua jail on Tuesday following the quashing of his detention under the Public Safety Act by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Malik said that now that he had been released, he would continue to raise and talk about the issues of the people. […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday quashed the preventive detention of Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that the order was legally unsustainable and based on “non-application of mind”. Setting aside the detention order issued by the Doda district magistrate against […]
NEW DELHI — In a massive jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday, seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, quit the party. Addressing a press conference, Chadha, flanked by Pathak and Mittal, said that two-thirds of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MPs have quit the […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi Court on Friday discharged former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam. Special Judge Jitender Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts also discharged AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the case. Notably, the judge discharged all 23 accused […]