JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is campaigning from street to street in South India to compensate for the BJP’s “losses” in northern states, All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba said on Tuesday. Addressing an election rally here, she targeted the BJP saying those “day-dreaming of a Congress-free India have been uprooted from south […]
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J&K wants freedom from dictatorial govt, Congress will ensure that: Alka Lamba
JAMMU — All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir wants freedom from this “dictatorial government” and her party will ensure that. Speaking to reporters after her arrival at the Jammu airport, Lamba also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly neglecting important issues such as development, unemployment and inflation. […]
BJP not fielding candidates from Kashmir because it is weak in Valley: J&K Congress Chief
JAMMU — The BJP is not fielding any candidate on the three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir region because it is weak there, Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani said on Sunday while exuding confidence that his party will win both the seats in the Jammu region. If the INDIA bloc comes […]
Congress manifesto promises restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir
SRINAGAR — The Congress on Friday released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, with jobs creation, development of infrastructure, a national caste census and restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir among the major highlights. The manifesto was released in Delhi by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who was accompanied by senior leaders Sonia […]
Choudhary Lal Singh rejoins Congress at its headquarters in New Delhi
JAMMU — Congress workers on Wednesday celebrated the merger of the Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP) led by former minister Choudhary Lal Singh with their party here on Wednesday, expressing hope that his joining will boost the party’s prospects in the Udhampur parliamentary constituency of Jammu and Kashmir. The 65-year-old Singh, who hails from Kathua […]
“EC to become independent after INDIA forms govt”: Farooq Abdullah
MUMBAI — In a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre, National Conference Chief and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Sunday took a swipe, saying that the Election Commission would become “independent” after the opposition bloc- INDIA will form the government. Speaking at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat […]
BJP people afraid of “Gandhi” in Rahul’s name: Mehbooba Mufti at INDIA leaders’ rally
MUMBAI — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti who participated in the INDIA leaders’ rally in Mumbai took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that the people of ruling party are ‘scared of Gandhi’ referring to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s surname. Mufti, while addressing the Bharat Jodo Nyay Manzil, INDIA bloc’s […]
Modi govt’s policy on J&K directionless, rudderless, fruitless: Mallikarjun Kharge
NEW DELHI — Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the BJP of only experimenting with the lives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the past 10 years and claimed the Narendra Modi government’s policy for the Union Territory has been “directionless, rudderless and fruitless”. Kharge’s attack on the government came on a […]
Confident that INDIA bloc will win LS polls: Congress leader Solanki
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Bharat Singh Solanki on Saturday said there is “huge support” for the INDIA bloc in the country and exuded confidence that it will win the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. He also said Rahul Gandhi’s Manipur-to-Maharashtra Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra will have an unifying impact on the nation. “People of India […]
BJP engaging in politics of hatred, Congress can restore atmosphere of peace: Solanki
JAMMU — AICC Jammu and Kashmir incharge Bharat Singh Solanki on Thursday accused the BJP of engaging in politics of hatred and communal division, and said the Congress can restore the atmosphere of peace and harmony in the country. The former Union minister also accused the BJP of bulldozing democratic institutions in the country. Solanki […]