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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 …

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 …

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 …

The counting of votes for the eight-phase District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir began at 9 am Tuesday and is currently underway. Later that day, Srinagar District Election Official Shahid Choudhary said that of the 14 DDC seats in Srinagar, seven were won by independent candidates and …

Written by Bashaarat Masood | Srinagar | Updated: December 10, 2020 7:18:02 am Mehbooba Mufti said it was important for the PAGD to fight for the right to campaign in the DDC polls. BOYCOTT the District Development Council (DDC) polls, the first election exercise after the removal of J & …

As of November 23, the government of Jammu and Kashmir began publishing the names of beneficiaries under the now-discarded Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Acquisition of Property from Occupants) Act, popularly known as the Roshni Act. It created a political storm in Kashmir. The first list named four leaders of …

Written by Bashaarat Masood | Srinagar | November 28, 2020 2:32:20 am PDP Chairman and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. (File photo) Before the first phase of the District Development Council (DDC) polls, Jammu and Kashmir police banned PDP chairwoman and former CM Mehbooba Mufti from leaving her residence on …

One day before the Jammu and Kashmir District Development Council elections begin, PPD leader Waheed Parra was sentenced to 15 days in custody by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Friday. He was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists to gain their support during the 2019 …

File photo of PDP leader and former J&K Prime Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Mehbooba Mufti claimed that she has been locked up in her home for two days because the administration of the Union territory “refused to allow her to visit the family of the Waheed Para party leader in Pulwama.” …

A month after three leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) resigned citing the “undesirable actions and statements” of Mehbooba Mufti, three more left the party. Daman Bhasin, Fallail Singh and Pritam Kotwal resigned from the party, which they said has become the “second fiddle” of the National Conference. Putting …