SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that party patron and Member of Parliament from Srinagar, Dr Farooq Abdullah will not fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah cited health as the reason for Farooq Abdullah not contesting the Lok Sabha polls. He made the announcement during a […]
SRINAGAR — In a significant development, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the People’s Democratic Party may not field candidates against his party in the Kashmir Valley and that both parties are integral part of INDIA alliance. Speaking to reporters, Abdullah said that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti hasn’t shown any intention to […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference Senior General Secretary Imran Reza Ansari today strongly rebuffed the “Jannat” remarks made by NC leader Omar Abdullah during a rally in Budgam and asked him to refrain from commenting on religion. While expressing his utter surprise at Abdullah’s remarks, Ansari took to the microblogging site X saying, “During the […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that the promise of revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir has been made in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as he feared that the people here would be cheated just like those in Ladakh were on […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was a “blot” on democracy, and shows the ruling party’s “remarkable degree of nervousness,” according to PTI. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said his party stands with Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). […]
SRINAGAR — “Mehbooba Mufti would have supported the NC on all three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir if Farooq Abdullah or Omar Abdullah had consulted her before announcing their decision to contest,” senior PDP leader Waheed ur Rehman Para said on Thursday, according to PTI. Mufti, the president of the PDP, on March 8 expressed […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of “sabotaging” the conduct of assembly polls in the union territory, saying the current dispensation wants to continue to rule like uncrowned kings. “We wanted simultaneous elections along with Lok Sabha elections. But, it did not happen. The current […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission of India (ECI) should play its role in restoring democracy in Jammu and Kashmir and announce dates for both Parliament as well as assembly polls in the Union Territory, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said here on Friday. “We have no expectations from the Election Commission. The EC should […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said notifying the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) days before the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections shows the BJP is not confident about winning 400 seats in the ensuing polls. “It was passed in 2019, but notifying the CAA (rules) just a […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kashmir is only meant to address and drum support among the BJP’s core constituency in the rest of the country in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday, alleging that government employees were “forcibly” ferried to the venue of the […]