ANANTNAG — Democratic Progressive Azad Party Chief, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Thursday advocated for independent candidates contesting in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. Addressing a public rally in Anantnag, Azad appealed that all the independent candidates should be made successful in the polls. “Democracy means a system where everyone has the right to […]
NEW DELHI — Amid rumours that Democratic Progressive Azad Party Chief, Ghulam Nabi Azad will join the Congress, Jammu and Kashmir Congress Chief, Tariq Hameed Karra said on Sunday that a denial has come from Azad’s side so it is a close chapter now. “A denial from the Azad Sahab’s party has come. After that, […]
SRINAGAR — Ghulam Nabi Azad’s party in Jammu and Kashmir — the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) — on Thursday announced its support for Rashid, who is contesting as an Independent candidate from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in North Kashmir. Arrested in 2019 in a militant funding case, Abdul Rashid Sheikh — popularly known […]
SRINAGAR — Reacting to the voter turnout DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti reacted differently to the voter turnout in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on May 13. The constituency witnessed 37.98% voter turnout in the first Lok Sabha election in the valley since the scrapping of […]
JAMMU — Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday welcomed the Election Commission’s decision to postpone polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency and said this has relieved several political parties. Azad emphasized the importance of the assembly elections over parliamentary elections stating it is very important to have a legislative assembly and […]
ANANTNAG — Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday hit back at National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, saying the people of Jammu and Kashmir will decide who the BJP’s B or C teams are. Abdullah had earlier claimed that Azad’s Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) and the Altaf Bukhari-led Apni Party as […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) on Monday appointed Mr. Amir Ahmed Bhatt as the candidate for Srinagar Lok Sabha Seat. Bhatt was appointed as the candidate for Srinagar Lok Sabha Seat in a meeting held by party’s chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad. According to a communique, “Mr. Amir Ahmed Bhatt, District President […]
SRINAGAR — Democratic Progressive Azad Party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday said the delimitation process, which led to the creation of the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir, was done without application of mind. Azad said the delimitation commission should have recommended increasing the number of Lok Sabha seats in Jammu region to […]
DODA — A day after Omar Abdullah hit out at Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) president Ghulam Nabi Azad in his bastion Chenab valley, the latter slammed him for coming to Jammu and Kashmir as a tourist. Addressing a public meeting in Doda, Azad said that Omar Abdullah spends summer at his maternal grandfather’s house […]
SRINAGAR — Democratic Azad Progressive Party (DPAP) chairman, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that the party will bring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood back if voted to power. Addressing media persons, Azad, who is DPAP Lok Sabha candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri seat, said that he has always led from the front. “I have stood against the […]