JAMMU — Sunil Sharma, a prominent leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday described the recent assembly election in Jammu & Kashmir as a clash between two opposing ideologies. He characterised one side as representing the legacy of the National Conference (NC) founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, supported by separatist forces and stone-pelters, while […]
SRINAGAR — BJP’s 29-year-old Shagun Parihar is the youngest member of the newly elected Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, while National Conference veteran Abdul Rahim Rather aged 80 is the oldest member. Parihar, who lost her father and uncle in a militant attack in 2018, is the only member of assembly below the age of […]
JAMMU — After the BJP won 29 seats in J&K, the party’s J&K Chief Ravinder Raina on Wednesday called it the best performance so far. Talking to IANS, Ravinder Raina said, “The BJP has achieved a remarkable victory in J&K, marking its best performance in the region so far. With the win of 29 legislators […]
NEW DELHI — BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday expressed satisfaction as the party surpassed its previous record by securing 29 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, pledging that the BJP would continue to act as a “watchman” and “protector” of the Union Territory. The National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed gratitude to the people of Jammu and Kashmir after BJP secured the highest ever vote percentage in assembly polls in the valley. BJP won 29 seats in Jammu and Kashmir elections surpassing its previous highest tally of 25 seats in the 2014 election. As per Election […]
SRINAGAR — Rising above party politics, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Tuesday took the lead in complimenting the NC for its victory in the J&K Legislative Assembly polls. PM Modi said on his widely followed X-post page immediately after all the results for the 90 Assembly seats were declared by the ECI, “I would like […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said democracy has been revived in Jammu and Kashmir with the successful conduct of assembly election as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congratulating people of the Union Territory (UT) for their participation in the polls, Shah also said for the first time since the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]