SRINAGAR — Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Saturday accused the BJP of engineering defections and splits in opposition parties to increase its strength in the Parliament for the passage of the delimitation and women’s reservation bill. The party general secretary also accused the ruling party at the Centre of giving the corrupt a clean […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday led his party MLAs and independents supporting him for a meeting at on off-site location amid claims by Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma that the National Conference government can fall anytime. Sharma had claimed that several ruling party MLAs were on the verge of […]
SRINAGAR — A political storm erupted in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP circulated online ‘Omar Abdullah missing’ posters in a bid to mock the chief minister. The BJP’s J&K unit shared the ‘missing’ posters on its social media handles, seeking information about Abdullah and claiming that he has been “missing for the last ten […]
SRINAGAR — The opposition BJP on Wednesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have “lost faith” in the ruling National Conference (NC) due to its politics of “corruption and misgovernance”. A grand joining programme was organised here in which hundreds of people, including youth and prominent workers from the NC and other political parties, […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that every sixth BJP MP in the Lok Sabha secured his or her seat through “vote chori” and asked if they should be labelled “ghuspethiya” in that party’s own parlance. Gandhi also claimed that the BJP would not be able to win even 140 seats […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference President and Handwara MLA Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday accused the BJP, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of colluding in “match-fixing” during the Rajya Sabha elections. Recalling his experience from the 2015 Rajya Sabha polls, Lone said, “I remember in 2015 I cast my […]
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 […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday lashed out at the BJP, accusing it of targeting relatives of political adversaries and questioning what he termed the party’s inability to “compete directly.” “Is your (BJP’s) system so weak that you cannot compete with us directly, and instead go after family members?” Abdullah said while addressing […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday hit out at the BJP-led central government over what he termed as its “unfulfilled promise” of restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, and said there was “no clear answer” from it on the issue. The chief minister also targeted the BJP over the issue of the implementation […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday expressed concern over incidents related to cow vigilantism, and appealed to the BJP to refrain from actions that could disrupt peace and harmony in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, a party spokesman said the PDP president urged restraint and caution. She appealed to the BJP to […]