SRINAGAR — The losing candidate of National Conference in Rajya Sabha polls, Imran Nabi Dar, on Sunday said some MLAs, who publicly promised to support the “secular forces” against the BJP, have backstabbed his party in the elections. He claimed that while the NC knew the MLAs who helped the BJP win the fourth seat, […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference’s Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to name the MLAs who voted against the party in the Rajya Sabha polls. “I am not privy to information about who has voted for whom or who cross-voted. The chief minister stated that he […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference and the BJP on Saturday rejected allegations that the Rajya Sabha polls were a “fixed match”, with NC president Farooq Abdullah saying his party had rejected an offer from the BJP and had preferred a contest. Abdullah also denied the charge by People’s Conference chief and MLA from Handwara, Sajad […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday accused the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir of “gifting” seven votes to the BJP to ensure the saffron party’s victory on one seat in the Rajya Sabha polls held on Friday, calling the elections a “fixed match” between the two parties. The National Conference […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said while no one should have complaints about the 3-1 scoreline for the National Conference over the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections held, his party faced “betrayal” from some quarters at the last moment during polling on Friday. The ruling National Conference (NC) […]
JAMMU — Jailed AAP MLA Mehraj Malik on Saturday said he voted for the NC candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls in the “larger interest” of Jammu and Kashmir, setting at rest claims that he was among those who voted in favour of the BJP candidates. Malik, who is the president of the Jammu and […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Sharma said that he won the fourth seat in Rajya Sabha polls in the Union Territory despite attempts by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to “create a division on the basis of Jammu versus Kashmir”. He was speaking to reporters after receiving a warm welcome from party workers […]
JAMMU — BJP winning a Rajya Sabha seat from Jammu and Kashmir vindicated “vote chori” charges against the party, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary alleged on Saturday. Amid a blame game over “cross-voting” in the election for one Rajya Sabha seat among non-BJP parties in J-K, Choudhary said the National Conference (NC) would prefer to […]
SRINAGAR — The BJP’s Rajya Sabha election winning candidate Sat Sharma on Friday said the four MLAs from outside his party who voted for him had listened to their conscience, and it showed how much the people in Jammu and Kashmir loved Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sharma, who is also the BJP’s J-K chief, defeated […]
SRINAGAR — The results of Jammu and Kashmir’s first Rajya Sabha polls after becoming a Union Territory followed expected lines, with the ruling National Conference securing three seats on Friday and the BJP clinching the final one, largely due to a possible strategic cross-voting by a few Independents and the People’s Conference’s abstention. Polling for […]