SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday claimed that the BJP-ruled Centre was fielding independent candidates against him in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections in a bid to silence him. “I always knew that Delhi would want to silence me in some way but I never thought that they would go […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday filed his nomination papers to contest the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls from Budgam. “Omar Abdullah filed his nomination for the Budgam constituency for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls,” an NC spokesperson said here. Abdullah was accompanied by senior NC leaders Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, […]
GANDERBAL — National conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday filed nomination papers from the Ganderbal assembly seat. Abdullah, accompanied by senior leaders of the party and his sons, filed the papers before the returning officer at the Mini-Secretariat here. He reached the mini-secretariat sitting atop a vehicle, surrounded by a huge number of enthusiastic […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on wednesday said his party’s alliance with the Congress was not a compulsion but the need of the hour for development of Jammu and Kashmir and restoration of statehood to the union territory. The former chief minister also said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the Union […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday ruled out any tie-up with the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, while asserting that government formation after the assembly polls would not be possible without the inclusion of her party. Hitting out at the National Conference (NC), she claimed the party wants to contest elections just for […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said she was only stating the truth and not criticising the National Conference when comparing the performances of the governments run by the two parties during their respective tenures. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was talking to reporters in Pulwama after Nazir Ahmad Dar, son […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said the decision of separatist leaders to join mainstream parties and contest elections in Jammu and Kashmir indicates an ideological change in the secessionist camp. “Earlier, they (separatists) would raise the boycott bogey whenever elections were held. Today they are contesting elections… It shows that […]
SRINAGAR — Several workers of the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) headed by jailed Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Sunday joined the National Conference (NC). The NC got a major boost as a key player from north Kashmir Malik Tariq Rashid along with other workers of the AIP joined the party, a spokesman of […]
JAMMU — Slamming National Conference for advocating dialogue with Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday asked it to clarify whether initiating dialogue with the neighbouring country will end terrorism and bloodshed in the Union Territory. He also played down the protests and resignations by his party leaders and workers over the […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference will prioritise the lifting of AFSPA from Jammu and Kashmir and put an end to the “unjust harassment faced by Kashmiri youth” if it is voted to power, party vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. Abdullah had pitched for the revocation of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) […]