Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday that his party is contesting in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election as part of its bid to become a 'National Party'.
Jamil Maqsood the president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) condemned the rising numbers of extrajudicial killings of Kashmiri people from Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
"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.
"This year, the elections to Jammu Kashmir assembly are going to be held between th dynasties and the youth of Jammu and Kashmir," PM Modi said in his first rally in the election bound erstwhile State.
An encounter between terrorists and security forces in the Chak Taper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir is underway, officials said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Doda in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday to address a public rally for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory.
An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday night.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir's Doda on Saturday, to address a public rally for the BJP for the upcoming assembly elections, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday.
According to Indian Army officials, "Four Indian Army soldiers have been injured in the ongoing encounter with terrorists in Kishtwar. One of the injured has been evacuated to the nearby Command Hospital for treatment, while three are being treated locally."