JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said his party would not rest till the central government fulfils its commitment to restore the Union Territory’s statehood. He also asked the local unit of the BJP to explain whether the commitment was another “jumla” of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday held a meeting with newly elected BJP legislators here to discuss the strategy for the Budget Session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly which is scheduled to begin on March 3, party leaders said. The luncheon meeting, held at the Trikuta Nagar residence of the minister, was […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Wednesday rejected a recent resolution passed by the Pakistan parliament, terming it a “desperate attempt to mislead the international community”. The saffron party also asked Pakistan to stop spreading lies, end state-sponsored terrorism, and focus on solving its internal problems rather than Kashmir. Pakistan’s […]
JAMMU — Farooq Ganderbali, a former BJP leader from Kashmir, rejoined the party on Tuesday after more than 20 years. Ganderbali had served as the BJYM Kashmir President from 1998 to 2003. Later, he contested the assembly election from Ganderbal in 2008 as an independent candidate against National Conference leader Omar Abdullah. “His rejoining the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sat Sharma on Monday in consultations with Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary, BJP & Prabhari J&K-UT, Ashok Kaul, General Secretary Organisation, and Sunil Sharma, Leader of Opposition in Assembly and Kashmir Prabhari, has nominated presidents for ten districts. According to a party […]
NEW DELHI — The next chief minister of Delhi along with the council of ministers is likely to take oath at the Ramlila Maidan on February 20, party sources said on Monday. The oath ceremony is likely to be held around 4.30 pm on February 20, which is expected to be attended by top BJP […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Sharma and Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari separately met Lt Governor Manoj Sinha here on Saturday, a spokesperson of the Raj Bhavan said. Sharma was accompanied by party colleague and Leader of Opposition in the J&K Assembly Sunil Sharma, the spokesperson said, without giving further details. He […]
JAMMU — Ahead of the upcoming budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, the BJP held a “crucial strategic” meeting of its legislators and organisational district presidents on Saturday to plan its course of action for raising important public issues, a party spokesman said. The meeting was chaired by J&K UT President Sat Sharma […]
JAMMU — Terming the problem of Jammu and Kashmir as an “incurable disease”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the BJP seemed not interested in its resolution like the Pakistani military leadership to polarize the situation for votes in the country. She advocated resolution of the issue in the larger interest of peace and […]
JAMMU — BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday said the people of the country have rejected the INDIA bloc, claiming that Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi are a liability for the opposition alliance, their party and the nation. He also advised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to […]