SRINAGAR — The PDP’s Srinagar candidate on Saturday appealed to Kashmir’s youngsters to consider the general elections as a “referendum” to send to New Delhi a message about their “dissatisfaction” with the Centre’s decisions post August 2019. Waheed Para, who is also the youth wing chief of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said there is […]
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Lok Sabha polls about safeguarding J&K’s identity, saving its resources: Mehbooba Mufti
ANANTNAG — The Lok Sabha elections are not about addressing the day-to-day development issues but safeguarding the identity of Jammu and Kashmir and saving its resources, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday. The former chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state, who is contesting the general elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, took […]
If elected, PDP candidates will become voice of J&K’s people in Parliament: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates, if elected, will raise the issues of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and become their voice in the Parliament, party chief Mehbooba Mufti said here on Friday. Mufti made the remarks at a press conference at the party headquarters while releasing the manifesto for the Parliamentary polls. […]
PDP announces candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir
SRINAGAR — Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls from Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, the party said today. In a press briefing in Srinagar, senior PDP leader and former minister Sartaj Madni, said that party chief Mehbooba Mufti will be their candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri seat, while party youth president Waheed Para will contest […]
Mehbooba says will field candidates in Kashmir Lok Sabha seats
SRINAGAR — The former chief minister of erstwhile J&K state and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday announced that the party will field it’s candidates from Lok Sabha constituencies in Kashmir, saying that the candidates will be announced within a few days. Addressing the media persons, Mehbooba said that National Conference Vice President […]
PDP may not field candidates against NC in Kashmir: Omar Abdullah
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 […]
Former MP Fayaz Mir rejoins PDP
SRINAGAR — Former member parliament (MP) Fayaz Ahmad Mir on Sunday rejoined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that Mir was in touch with several parties over the past few months. According to sources, he had reportedly expressed his desire to join the National Conference and held a meeting […]
Mufti expresses concern over railway project’s effect on livelihoods in Shopian
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday wrote a letter to the Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw regarding land acquisition for a railway project in the Reshi Pora, Zainapora area of Shopian district. In the letter, Mufti emphasized the crucial effect of the proposed land acquisition on the local community’s livelihoods, particularly due […]
Mehbooba would’ve given all 3 LS seats in Kashmir to NC if she was consulted: Waheed Para
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 […]
BJP making all efforts to suppress voices of J-K: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said voting is the only power left with people of Jammu and Kashmir as the BJP-ruled Centre is making all efforts to suppress their voices, PTI reported. “All kinds of injustices are being done and Jammu and Kashmir has been turned into a jail. To […]