Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has won the Baramulla seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by defeating former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Rashid, who has been lodged in Tihar jail, has filed a petition for seeking regular bail in the case.
The meeting, which took place on Monday during Sheikh Abdullah's working visit to Zagreb, focused on friendship relations and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in developmental areas of mutual interest
When asked if his party, if elected, would push the Centre to resume talks with Pakistan, Farooq responded, "Sab manifesto mein hai..." (everything is in the manifesto).
"The BJP should focus on setting its house in order...For the first time, I saw that the BJP deleted its list within 10 minutes of releasing it. Today, chairs were broken in their offices," Abdullah said.
Hours after finalising its seat-sharing deal with the Congress, the National Conference on Monday announced a list of 18 candidates who have been nominated as candidates from the party for the upcoming Assembly elections.
BJP leader Shazia Ilmi has strongly criticized the Congress party for aligning with the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir, questioning the party's stance and electoral strategy.
According to the seat-sharing pact reached by the two parties for the assembly polls in J-K, the National Conference will contest 51 of 90 seats and Congress 32. The two parties will also have a "friendly contest" on five seats.
US diplomats including Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs Graham Mayer and First Secretary Gary Applegarth met National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar on Monday.
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah alleged People's Democratic Party (PDP) of "imitating" their manifesto and asked the Mehbooba Mufti-led party to not field their candidates.