Emphasizing the need for restoring Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that it is the foremost demand of the National-conference and the Congress to bring back statehood.
With campaigning for the second phase of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir to end on Monday, political parties held hectic campaigns in support of their candidates. While Congress emphasised its seven guarantees to the people of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its campaign, senior BJP lead
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) SC Morcha National General Secretary, Sanjay Nirmal, claimed on Friday that the Congress party has always been against the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) since Independence. He also accused Congress of failing
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed the withdrawal of the statehood status of Jammu and Kashmir a violation of the constitutional rights of the people there and assured the voters that their vote to the INDIA alliance will restore their rights.
Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appealed everyone to participate in the "crucial election and be the catalysts for change" as first phase of polling begins in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
Addressing his first rally for the assembly elections, he also said that terrorism was taking "its last breath" in Jammu and Kashmir and the change that has come in the last 10 years is no less than a dream
"Why were Pahadi, SC, ST, and OBC, deprived of reservation? After so many generations, the BJP government has granted them reservations. Today, there are many individuals who, for the first time, have received the right to vote," PM Modi said.
Taking a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that if 'Shehzada' can visit Jammu and Kashmir then it is because of PM Modi.