SRINAGAR — It is a “very auspicious day” as people of Jammu and Kashmir have got their government after several years, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday on the swearing-in of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. “Today is a very auspicious day. People of Jammu and Kashmir have got their government after several years. People […]
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After decisive poll verdict, Centre should let J&K govt function without interference: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the Centre should take a lesson from the decisive verdict of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls and “not meddle” in the affairs of the upcoming National Conference-Congress government. She congratulated the National Conference leadership on its victory and said her party would play the role […]
‘Fundamental right to protest snatched’: Mehbooba Mufti on Sonam Wangchuk’s detention
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday hit out at the Centre over the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and several other Ladakhis, saying even the fundamental right to protest has been “snatched” from the people. Wangchuk and around 120 others on a march to Delhi demanding Sixth Schedule status for […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu biggest terrorist after Hitler: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “biggest terrorist after Adolf Hitler” as the Jewish leader has turned Palestine and Lebanon into “gas chambers”. Mehbooba had earlier condemned the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli airstrikes and cancelled her election campaign for a day […]
They are in favour of militancy, not democracy: Anurag Thakur slams Mehbooba Mufti’s ‘solidarity’ for Nasrallah
JAMMU — Lashing out at former Jammu-Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti for cancelling her campaign following the killing of Hezbollah commander Hassan Nasrallah, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Anurag Thakur said that parties like National Conference, People’s Democratic Party and Congress support militancy and not democracy. Attacking the Opposition parties further, Thakur said that these parties […]
Kavinder Gupta slams Mehbooba Mufti for cancelling campaign over Hezbollah chief’s death
NEW DELHI — Former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Kavinder Gupta, on Sunday, reacted to Mehbooba Mufti’s remarks on cancelling her campaign in support of Lebanon and Palestine following the death of Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and said that the former CM of the state never takes a stand for issues in […]
Mehbooba reveals details of 2015 PDP-BJP alliance, says BJP begged for 3-months to form Govt in J&K
SRINAGAR — In a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti accused the party of hypocrisy and political opportunism. Speaking at a campaign rally in Bahu in support of PDP candidate Virendra Singh Sonu, Mehbooba claimed that Ram Madhav, a […]
J&K will never have a BJP government: Mehbooba Mufti
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asserted that Jammu and Kashmir will never have a BJP government and no “secular government” can be formed without the support of her party. She expressed readiness to support the formation of any “secular government” in Jammu and Kashmir to keep the BJP out of power. “Jammu […]
No government will be formed without PDP support in J&K: Mehbooba Mufti
JAMMU — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the next government in Jammu and Kashmir will be secular and that no government will be formed without the support of her party. Mufti also responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “three families” remark, and said that when the National Conference talked about […]
‘BJP should be thankful to Sheikh family’: Mehbooba Mufti’s reply to PM Modi’s comments in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be thankful to the Sheikh family (Abdullahs), which played a key role in Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India. The former chief minister’s remarks followed PM Narendra Modi’s accusations on Thursday, in which he criticised the Congress, National […]