Who is the businessman turned Neta Altaf Bukhari? Altaf Bukhari is a businessman-turned-politician who joined the PDP in 2005. His family owns FIL Industries, which makes apple concentrates. Bukhari’s sons and his brother Syed Tariq take care of the business side. In addition to apple concentrates, the family has interests …
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Over the past two days, the JK Apni Party, led by Altaf Bukhari, has claimed that three candidates, one independent and one from the National Conference and the People’s Democratic Party, who won the District Development Council elections from the electoral districts At Shopian, they have joined their ranks. With …
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy making a virtue of necessity. All the “right” noises are being made about how the democratic process has been restored in the former degraded state of Jammu and Kashmir. As if the voter in that besieged part of the country spoke for …
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An analysis of voting patterns in the recently concluded District Development Council (DDC) elections in J&K reveals a sharp divide, with the BJP barely present in the Valley and the seven-party Gupkar alliance almost as marginalized in the southern districts. of Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur, although less in Samba. The …
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However, the worrying part for the BJP is that while it may have made minor inroads into Kashmir, its dominance in Jammu appears to have weakened somewhat. In 2014, it won 25 of the 37 seats in Jammu, that is, more than two-thirds. But in DDC polls, he won 71 …
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The alliance manages to destroy six councils with an advantage in another six; BJP has 5 leading councils in a district. The Popular Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgamation of six parties, managed on Wednesday to sweep six district councils, with an advantage in another six, and the …
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NEW DELHI: The J&K District Development Council (DDC) election result was a mixed bag for both Bjp and the Gupkar Alliance, the two key players in local agency surveys. With the people of the state giving a divided verdict, both claimed victories on Wednesday. While the Popular Alliance for the …
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Mehbooba Mufti was released in August after more than a year in detention. New Delhi: Calling the local election results in Jammu and Kashmir as “very encouraging,” former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today that she will not participate in any elections until special status under Article 370 is restored. …
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The results of the Jammu and Kashmir DDC elections will be announced today (Dec 22) (ANI) J&K DDC 2020 Election Results Live Updates: After a hand-to-hand fight for some time, the Gupkar Alliance is ahead of the BJP with an advantage that now widens to 81 seats against 48 for …
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Votes are being counted for 280 seats and the process may take longer than usual. Srinagar: The Popular Alliance led by Farooq Abdullah for the Gupkar Declaration has a small advantage over the BJP in the first District Development Council (DDC) election in Jammu and Kashmir. This is the first …
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