NEW DELHI — Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir elections, the top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party will hold eight rallies in the Union Territory. Meanwhile, the BJP election in charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav and G Kishan Reddy will arrive in the Union Territory on Monday. Polling in Jammu and Kashmir […]
JAMMU — BJP Mahila Morcha president Vanathi Srinivasan on Sunday said it “impossible” for the opposition parties NC and PDP to ensure Article 370 restoration but they are fooling people by guaranteeing it in their manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. Addressing reporters after a meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Mahila Morcha at […]
SRINAGAR — A day after Union minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress for its alliance with the NC for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, the regional party’s MP, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Saturday hit back at the BJP, saying its regime survives on “lying and distorting” facts. Shah on Friday also accused the Congress […]
RAIPUR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will never be restored. Shah’s comments came as Jammu and Kashmir’s two principal regional parties — the National Conference and the PDP — promised in their election manifestoes for upcoming assembly […]
JAMMU — A Congress leader and a former police officer on Saturday joined the BJP along with dozens of their supporters here, vowing to work for the party’s success in the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina welcomed the new entrants at two separate functions in the party headquarters. He […]
JAMMU — The BJP will safeguard reservations granted to backward classes after the abrogation of Article 370, senior leader Devender Singh Rana said on Saturday as he claimed that the Congress-National Conference alliance would deprive these people of their rights. He also said any attempt to rename Shankaracharya Hill as “Takht-e-Suleiman” and Hari Parbat as […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda on Friday held a long meeting with party leaders from Jammu and Kashmir as the party narrows down the list of probable candidates for the coming assembly polls and fine tune their strategy. Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina, Devender […]
NEW DELHI — Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election due next month, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has geared up the preparation and held multiple meetings in Delhi as well as in J&K. The core group meeting for the J&K assembly election is underway at BJP National President JP Nadda’s residence in Delhi. […]
JAMMU — Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Thursday asked the Congress to clarify its position on Article 370 and the resolution by its alliance partner the National Conference to revoke it. Reddy, who chaired an organisational meeting to review the saffron party’s preparations for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, also questioned the […]
JAMMU — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not form any pre-poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, state party president Ravinder Raina said here. He, however, said discussions are ongoing with 8 to 10 independents in the Kashmir valley for contesting the elections together. He said the party is fully geared up for Assembly elections […]