SRINAGAR — Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi will resign from the National Conference (NC) and his Lok Sabha seat on November 3, the Office of the MP announced on Friday. In a post on X, the Office of Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said he would announce his decision while addressing people at Behisht-e-Zehra […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said the democracy in the country is “beginning to breathe” while referring to the protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, and demanded that all polls held under his supervision be “revisited and reviewed”. He also criticised the crackdown on protesters in Delhi during […]
SRINAGAR — Member of Parliament from Srinagar Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has opposed the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board’s reported move to introduce uniform Friday sermons at mosques across the Union Territory, calling for the order to be withdrawn immediately. In a post on X, Ruhullah said the pulpit would lose its essence and institutional […]
JAMMU — Estranged National Conference (NC) MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly has failed to live up to the expectations of the people and has increasingly become an “wrestling ring” rather than a forum for resolving public issues. Talking to reporters after an interaction with youth […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday said he will soon announce his political future after a “discussion with the people of Jammu and Kashmir”, weeks after he decided to part ways with the National Conference (NC) on “ideological grounds”. Mehdi had announced that he would quit the Lok Sabha and resign from […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has criticised his party for allegedly abandoning the fight against the Waqf Amendment Bill and the imposition of stanzas of Vande Mataram, saying Jammu and Kashmir needs to show greater sensitivity towards the concerns of minorities. In a post on X, Ruhullah said he had opposed the Waqf […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration over the handling of the ongoing protest by medical interns seeking an enhanced stipend, claiming that government college principals are coercing them to end their indefinite strike a day after the health minister called their demands “genuine”. Mehdi, who […]
SRINAGAR — Amid reports suggesting that his formal resignation could come on November 3, estranged National Conference Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday said he will resign from Parliament but demanded answers on the party’s shift in stand on Article 370 before stepping down. In a two-page letter to party president Farooq […]
SRINAGAR — Washington has no business interfering in internal matters of other countries, National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi said Saturday, questioning Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s meeting with the US envoy despite violence in Palestine and Iran perpetrated by the United States and its ally Israel. “If I were to receive legitimacy from […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday expressed solidarity with the people affected by flash floods and heavy rainfall in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu division and called for swift rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures. In a post on X, Ruhullah Mehdi said the reports emerging from Rajouri and […]