SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the BJP will not win 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and added the ruling party will keep revising its estimates with every passing phase of polling. Speaking to reporters after a public meeting here, Abdullah said if the BJP crosses 400 seats […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah filed his nomination papers for the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Accompanied by NC’s treasurer Shammi Oberoi and senior vice president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee G N Monga, Abdullah filed the nomination papers before Baramulla Deputy Commissioner Minga Sherpa, […]
SRINAGAR/JAMMU — The NC leader Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Election Commission not to postpone polls in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. The former chief ministers made the appeal after the EC sought a report from Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and the Chief Electoral Officer on representations submitted by some […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday accused National Conference (NC) leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah of working at the behest of the BJP to polarise voters along religious lines. “The BJP has run out of polarisation issues… Remember Bihar elections, the BJP was falling weak. Farooq sahib gave a statement […]
KOKERNAG — The PDP has become the BJP’s C-team and people should only look towards INDIA bloc candidates in the Lok Sabha elections to defeat the communal forces, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. Abdullah made the remarks while speaking to reporters after an election rally in south Kashmir’s Kokernag. He said, “We […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP of benefiting the BJP by contesting elections against the INDIA bloc in Jammu and Kashmir. Despite being regional rivals, the PDP and the NC had joined the opposition alliance but failed to arrive at a seat sharing agreement. “It is they (PDP) […]
PULWAMA — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said it was “unfortunate” that his party was contesting elections in the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency against a friend who turned “greedy” for a Lok Sabha seat. Abdullah was apparently referring to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti contesting the polls from the seat in south Kashmir. […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said the BJP had not fielded its candidates from the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir as the party and its government have allegedly not been able to win people’s hearts after the abrogation of Article 370. “The importance of this election in itself […]
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 — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday snubbed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that the National Conference and the Congress will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections jointly. Addressing media persons, Omar said that NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah has been campaigning for Congress leaders in Jammu division “while the Congress has […]
