Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti dismissed conducting any negotiations with BJP in the run-up to Assembly elections in the UT.
Union Minister and Republican Party of India (Athawale) chief Ramdas Athawale said on Tuesday that his party will contest 16-17 seats in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
As Jammu and Kashmir braces for assembly polls after 10 years, BJP candidate from Rajouri Assembly seat, Vibodh Gupta is optimistic about winning the seat and described a potential victory as "historic moment" for the party.
Hitting out at the National Conference and its vice president Omar Abdullah for questioning PDP for alliancing with BJP, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that the National Conference (NC) sacrificed their agenda when they were in coalition with BJP while PDP didn't.
Amidst the preparations of the forthcoming assembly polls, the Election Commission conducted the training of the polling staffs in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir while the administration tightened the security measures in the region.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir for the assembly election campaign. BJP's National General Secretary Tarun Chugh has sent a letter to this effect to the Chief Minister. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami will campaign there for three days.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Vice President Omar Abdullah said that ideology keeps changing as elections are approaching referring to several politicians joining the Mehbooba Mufti-led People's Democratic Party.
The core committee of employees working on an ad-hoc basis in different departments across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir's Muzaffarabad held a protest outside the Central Press Club.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released the fourth list of candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections and fielded party unit chief Ravinder Raina from the Nowshera constituency.
The Indian Army said that the incident in which a soldier lost his life at Sunjwan military station in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning was not a terrorist attack.