Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections

Muslims in India typically don’t vote for the BJP. So it’s not astonishing that the Muslim majority Kashmir valley voted for their own grand old regional party National Conference, in the 2024 assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir. The electioneering by all Kashmir-centric parties was focused on keeping the “Hindu” BJP out of Kashmir.   […]

JAMMU: Among the victorious BJP candidates in Jammu and Kashmir is Shagun Parihar, a 29-year-old pursuing a PhD in Electronics. She is one of three women to win seats in the Assembly elections and the only female BJP candidate. Her victory in Kishtwar was particularly significant, as she defeated seasoned National Conference politician and former […]

JAMMU: Mehraj Malik of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who made history in December 2020 by delivering the party’s first win in Jammu and Kashmir’s local body polls, has now clinched the Doda legislative seat, marking AAP’s first-ever Assembly seat in the region. This milestone comes during J&K’s first Assembly elections in a decade.   […]

JAMMU: The third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections concluded today with rural areas showing a brisk voter turnout. At the same time, most of the 24 seats across four districts of the Jammu region saw a decline in voting percentages compared to the 2014 elections. Notably, the urban constituencies of […]

SRINAGAR: Delhi’s Patiala House Court has granted temporary bail to Sheikh Rashid, a former Member of Parliament from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency, until October 2 in connection with a terror financing case.   Rashid has been held in Tihar Jail since his 2019 arrest by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities […]

SRINAGAR: Hailing from Naira, a village in Pulwama, Waheed ur Rehman Parra, a trusted associate of Mehbooba Mufti, began his education in local institutions before earning his Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies from the Islamic University of Science and Technology, located near Srinagar. As the second of three children, he comes from a well-established, […]

JAMMU: Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the NC-Congress coalition of destabilising Jammu and Kashmir by seeking the release of those linked to terrorism activities.   Speaking at a rally in Jammu ahead of the Assembly elections, Shah expressed concerns over attempts to revive unrest. “The NC and Congress want to release stone throwers. They […]

SRINAGAR: BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday alleged that the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are relying on former terrorists to bolster their chances in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. He accused the two parties of trying to drag the Union Territory back to its “chaotic past.” […]