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).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the initiative of breaking the ice in June and invited J&K leaders for talks.
"Just give me one example of any developmental achievement we have seen during the last two years," former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah noted.
The new era of politics will be on daily common issues like unemployment, corruption, SC/ST status, Education, Health, and above all, governance," the intellectual said.
Currently, the Hurriyat is incapable of playing any disruptive role in valley politics.
In this context, the Prime Minister’s reiteration of his government’s commitment to fostering grassroots democracy in the UT for which he sought the cooperation of all parties in first completing the delimitation exercise for Assembly seats, and the eventual restoration of full statehood, is welcome.
