The polling for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election will begin at 7 am today, with 40 constituencies going to the polls.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sahnawaj Hussain on Monday slammed the People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti for mourning Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's death, asking why she doesn't show similar grief for Indian soldiers killed in Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh stated that the party is confident about forming a government in Haryana as well as Jammu and Kashmir following the end of the assembly polls.
The Jammu-Kashmir State Election Commission had suspended 23 government officials and seized a total of Rs 130 crores through enforcement agencies in violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) guidelines during the Jammu-Kashmir assembly polls.
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday said that both the Congress party and the National Conference had accepted defeat before the end of the election following the conclusion of campaigning for the third and final phase for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls.
As the third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir elections approaches, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, the Congress candidate from the Dooru constituency, stated on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party is unlikely to secure more than 10-12 seats in Jammu.
Congress General Secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, questioning him over the ''deteriorated'' security situation in Jammu and having a ''vendetta'' against the people in the region.
Congress candidate Kajal Rajput from Bani assembly constituency held an election rally on Saturday in Khatua with the assembly elections underway in Jammu and Kashmir.
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stating that the party "doesn't know how to do politics without lying or cheating."
UP Minister & National President of Nishad Party, Dr Sanjay Kumar Nishad, speaking to ANI, expresses confidence in winning Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.