Congress, NC announce seat-sharing for Lok Sabha polls
In Jammu and Kashmir, out of the five LS seats, the Congress would contest in two seats and NC in three parliamentary constituencies.
In Jammu and Kashmir, out of the five LS seats, the Congress would contest in two seats and NC in three parliamentary constituencies.
Accompanied by Mian Altaf, Omar was addressing a largely attended rally in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Dr Farooq said that these political parties do not want a credible voice from Kashmir to reach the parliament.
National Conference (NC) rank and file, led by Party President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Vice-President Omar Abdullah on Friday paid…
SC sets aside notification for election to Ladakh Hill Council, imposes a fine of Rs one lakh
The National Conference (NC) issued a statement, saying it was disappointed with the way the foreign envoys were brought to the Valley to endorse the Centre's claims about 'normalcy' in the region.
The PDP leaders were among a delegation of Kashmiri politicians who had earlier this week met the Lt. Governor GC Murmu at Jammu and the government had described it as an initiative towards the political process.
The two UTs, headed by lieutenant governors, had on Friday issued their respective holiday calendars in which the Sheikh's birthday on 5 December and Kashmir's Martyrs Day on 13 July were dropped.
NC provincial chief, Devender Rana, while addressing media persons here, expressed concern over the continued detention of mainstream political leaders and decried extension in Public Safety Act against Farooq Abdullah, terming it as PSA on the entire mainstream political ideology of Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports indicate that the state party leadership has initiated an exercise to rope in some independents and others to install its own men on these two top slots of the SMC where the BJP has for the first time got representation.
