Azad also pointed out that the regional parties in the Union Territory are dividing the people based on religion and roads, schools and education are not an issue, but Islam is a danger--that is the issue.
Democratic Progressive Azad Party Chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday expressed happiness that elections were being held after a gap of ten years while lamenting they were not held earlier.
Addressing an election rally in Nowshera on Sunday in the run-up to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Amit Shah stressed against revoking Article 370 in the valley as demanded by the opposition, including the National Conference and Congress.
Ahead of the second and third phases of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Democratic Progressive Azad Party Chief Ghulam Nabi Azad called leaders of political parties his competitors, adding that he does not consider them enemies.
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.
Citing historical reference to importance of Article 370, National Conference (NC) Chief Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that after the special status of Jammu-Kashmir was taken away, people from the Union terrirory have lost their jobs.
"Public response is very good. People believe that 75 years were spoiled and it was a bad time. They want to have a double engine government with BJP, under the leadership of PM Modi... The way the central government is moving forward taking the states alongside is creating new records in de
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has slammed Congress-National Conference alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that they want to implement the "Jinnah Constitution" by reinstating Article 370.
The first phase of voting was completed in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18 with a voter turnout of 61.13 per cent registered across 24 constituencies in seven districts, as per the Election Commission. The second and third phases will be held on September 25 and October 5, respectively. Vo