The Supreme Court has been moved seeking the restoration of the statehood of Jammu & Kashmir within a time bound period as the assembly elections in the Union Territory would be meaningless without the status of the state being restored that was directed by the top court and also assured by the Central government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed the BJP's third successive win in Haryana Assembly elections as " the victory of politics of development and good governance" and complimented National Conference (NC) for their commendable performance in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
The NC President Dr. Farooq Abdullah announced that his son Omar Abdullah, who won both Ganderbal and Budgam seats, will be the next chief minister.
As the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and its alliance partner took a decisive lead in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024, its chief Farooq Abdullah announced his son Omar Abdullah will be the next chief minister of the Union Territory.
The BJP appeared set to retain power in Haryana as it led in 48 seats while the National Conference (NC)-Congress combine was ahead in 46 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir as the counting of votes in the Assembly elections progressed this afternoon.
Senior national spokesperson of BJP Sudhanshu Trivedi said on Tuesday that going by the trend as counting for Haryana and J&K Assembly elections are in progress, the party is confident of a “historic” mandate.
The counting of votes for assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana began on Tuesday at 8 am.
Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana are likely to give a significant political message to the nation when counting of votes begins for the recently held Assembly elections in the state and the UT, early Tuesday morning.
With hours to go for the counting of votes in the recently conducted assembly elections, MP and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) chief Engineer Rashid on Monday appealed to all regional mainstream political parties not to stake claim to form the government unless J&K’s statehood is restored.
With a 70.02% turnout, women voters in the third phase of the J&K Assembly polls on 1 October outnumbered men, whose turnout was 69.37%, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Thursday.
