Doda District Magistrate Harvinder Singh said that the Mega Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) festival is being held across the district for the elections that are to be held on September 18.
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Sunday targeted the BJP-led coalition government, saying those who once raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans now align with the party.
"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.
People's Conference President, Sajjad Lone, on Thursday counterattacked his critics who accused him of being a 'poster boy' of the BJP and appealed to voters to focus on development and work in the upcoming assembly elections.
Targeting Baramulla MP Rashid Engineer over his remarks on 'Naya Kashmir', National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that earlier, he used to talk about referendums during elections.
People Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah, have raised concerns that these independent candidates can help BJP in key constituencies.
After the Awami Ittehad Party Chief and Baramulla MP Rashid Engineer was granted interim bail in a terror funding case on Tuesday, National Conference leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah alleged that bail was a political manoeuvre to garner votes rather than serve the voters who e
Further, the National Conference leader mentioned that nobody could believe that the BJP would be in a position to do anything on Article 370 after having only 2 MPs in the Parliament in 1984.
These upcoming elections will be the first in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370. Polling in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted in three phases on September 18, 25, and October 1.
Hours after Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi visited Jammu and Kashmir, BJP National General Secretary and Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Tarun Chugh said that Congress has played havoc within the region for the past more than 70 years.
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).