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‘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 […]

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Pakistan Defence Minister support of Congress-NC stand on Article 370 has exposed Congress: Anurag Thakur

NEW DELHI — Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that Pakistan’s Defence Minister supporting the Congress-National Conference stand on Article 370 has left Congress “exposed” in front of the whole nation. Speaking to ANI, Thakur slammed Congress and the National Conference’s partnership and their stand on the restoration of Article 370. “This […]

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Congress slams Pakistan for statement on Article 370, hits BJP for raking it up

JAMMU — Congress leader Pramod Tiwari Thursday warned Pakistan against interfering in India’s internal matters, slamming the country’s defence minister for his statement that the Shehbaz Sharif government and the Congress-National Conference alliance were on the same page on the restoration of Article 370. He said that instead of giving such statements, Khawaja Asif should […]

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Pakistan, Congress always on same page; party ‘hand in glove’ with anti-national forces: Amit Shah

NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Thursday said the Pakistan defence minister’s statement on the Congress and National Conference lending support to Article 370 and 35A has once “again exposed” the opposition party. Shah also claimed that the tune of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s party and Pakistan has […]