National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah while addressing election rallies at Teetwal and Tangdhar along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara said that the ongoing Lok Sabha election is an opportunity for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to express their disapproval of abrogation of Article 370
After decades, a festival of democracy was witnessed in Srinagar, he said.
Escorted by senior party leaders and supporters, he filed his nomination papers before the district development commissioner Baramulla, Minga Sherpa, who is the returning officer of the constituency.
The polling for the constituency, where BJP candidate and Union Minister in the PMO Dr Jitendra Singh is aiming to make a hat-trick, will be held in the first phase on 19 April.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled the BJP’s promises of abrogation of Article 370, construction of Ram temple and the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
On the second day of his tour to the union territory after abrogation of the Article 370, Shah was addressing a public rally here..
“The reality is that there is a systematic disempowerment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that is continuing to happen, through bureaucratic rule”, Tarigami said in a statement.
He said this addressing a gathering at the felicitation ceremony organized by Jammu and Kashmir Rural Developmental Society under its “People’s Help Group Initiative” at Tagore Hall, Srinagar.
Dr Farooq further said that there is a great need to come up with a “youth project” that seeks to relocate and rejuvenate the disenfranchised energies of our educated and capable youth.
With the Pakistan backed Hurriyat almost defunct and flow of funds blocked, there is no money to encourage violence and compel the public to shut down businesses in support of Hurriyat demands.
