For PDP, LS polls a means to safeguard J&K’s identity: Mehbooba
Mehbooba was taking part in a roadshow in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam area during her election campaign.
Mehbooba was taking part in a roadshow in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam area during her election campaign.
The minister also accused the Congress, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of staging fake encounters and handing over guns in the hands of the Kashmiri youth and these parties are responsible for encouraging terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
Political parties are worried that the migration is bound to upset their poll calculations.
The NC had unilaterally announced that it would field its candidates on all the three seats and fielded Mian Altaf from Anantnag. The NC had left two seats in Jammu for the Congress as part of the INDIA bloc's seat-sharing agreement.
Nasir Aslam Wani, who led the NC delegation, said they impressed upon the Election Commission the need for holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir together with the Lok Sabha polls.
“As far as India is concerned, it is a united India,” he added.
The PAGD was formed on 4 August 2019, a day before the BJP government abrogated Article 370 and put the regional leaders under house arrest. The long-time foes, NC and PDP, came under one umbrella to fight for the restoration of Article 370 and statehood of J&K.
Interestingly, the NC and PDP are also the prominent members of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
Bhutan is conducting general elections on Tuesday amid significant economic challenges, raising questions about the country's longstanding commitment to prioritize "Gross National Happiness" over economic growth, as reported by Al Jazeera.
People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said that the statement of former director general of police Dilbag Singh that the situation is normal in the Union Territory and there has been no collateral damage in the last four years is "regretful".