SRINAGAR — The Congress on Monday released its manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, promising to restore the Union Territory’s full statehood if elected. However, it remained silent on Article 370. The manifesto stated that it is the “sacred duty” of the Congress to fight “divisive forces” and for doing that, the party […]
SRINAGAR — The Congress on Monday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, promising a slew of welfare measures for farmers, women and the youth. The highlight of the manifesto — Haath Badlega Halaat — is insurance for all crops against natural calamities and a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs […]
KISHTWAR — Ahead of the crucial Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir which are being held after a gap of 10 years Union Home Minister Amit Shah drew the battle lines and said that this election is between the BJP and the alliance between Congress and the National Conference. Speaking at an election rally in […]
ANANTNAG — Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday said there is a silence in Jammu and Kashmir and actual peace would be established in the Union Territory when his party comes to power. “There is a difference between silence and peace. There is a silence here. We have to bring actual peace,” Kumar told PTI […]
JAMMU — The Congress would release its manifesto for Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections within two days, senior leader Bharat Singh Solanki said on Sunday while terming the BJP’s poll promises “hollow”. Exuding confidence that the Congress-National Conference alliance would come to power in Jammu and Kashmir, he hit out at the BJP, saying it […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress launched a counter attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and said the BJP is a “master at providing lip service” and its “empty rhetoric” will not work in the upcoming Assembly polls in the Union Territory. The opposition party also claimed that the […]
NEW DELHI — As Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Saturday asked when will full statehood return to the union territory and alleged that the region has “become a bureaucratic fiefdom controlled by the BJP-RSS cabal”. Prime Minister Modi addressed an election rally in the Doda district […]
SRINAGAR — Congress on Saturday accused the Centre of failing to end militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and claimed that militancy has returned stronger in union territory where it had been eliminated many years ago. Addressing a press conference at the party office here, the party’s spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said there have been 25 […]
SRINAGAR — Senior Congress leader Salman Soz Friday said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was still a part of the INDIA bloc at the national level even as the regional party is contesting the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls on its own. He also said the BJP wants to create divisions in Jammu and Kashmir […]
JAMMU — The Congress on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misleading people of Jammu and Kashmir on the issue of employment, claiming the Union Territory currently faces its highest unemployment rate in 45 years, ranking second highest in the country. “Contrary to claims by Union Minister Anurag Thakur and LG Manoj Sinha, […]