JAMMU/SRINAGAR — Counting of votes began on Tuesday morning for 90 Assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the final lap of an electoral exercise that will give the union territory its first elected government since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated. These are also the first assembly elections in J-K since 2014. The Congress-National Conference […]
SRINAGAR — Amid the row over the nomination of five members by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, BJP leader Sofi Mohammad Yousuf on Monday claimed that they will be from his party. “All the nominated members are from the BJP. It is our government at the Centre. Whoever is in the government, the […]
NEW DELHI — Former Union Minister P Chidambaram has expressed confidence that Congress will win the assembly polls in Haryana and form government in Jammu and Kashmir with its ally National Conference, saying that the party’s long-established policies and approach will be accepted by the people. “We are confident that the Congress party’s long-established policies […]
JAMMU — On the eve of the counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, top leaders of the Congress-NC alliance, the BJP and the PDP have expressed confidence in forming the next government in the Union Territory. While the Congress and the National Conference, who formed a pre-poll alliance, claimed they would […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Monday said giving power to the Lieutenant Governor to nominate five members to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly was a “brazen pre-result rigging” of the polls. “All of the five MLAs nominated by LG are BJP members or associated with the party. Brazen pre result rigging & shameful […]
SRINAGAR — Ahead of counting of votes, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said his party was open to the idea of taking support of Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP to form government in the Union territory. He also flayed the move to give powers to the Lieutenant Governor for nominating members to the five reserved […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha member and president of Awami Itihad Party (AIP) Engineer Rashid on Monday appealed to all regional mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir not to stake claim to government formation unless statehood is restored. Addressing a media conference in Srinagar, Engineer Rashid said, “Irrespective of which political party or a group […]
NEW DELHI — A day before Assembly poll results, the Congress on Monday accused the BJP of taking “malicious steps” through a malafide exercise of power to negate the people’s verdict in favour of the Congress-NC alliance in Jammu and Kashmir. The opposition party said it will do everything in its power to thwart such […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Monday asserted that his party will emerge as the single largest party in the region by securing 35 seats and will form government with the help of like-minded and independent candidates. He also said that the nomination of five MLAs by the Lieutenant Governor is […]
BENGALURU — All India Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed confidence about his party coming to power in Haryana, and the party along with its alliance partner National Conference forming the government in Jammu and Kashmir. The results of both the assembly elections will be announced on October 8. “Earlier too we had said […]