Ahead of counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir elections, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah said that even if they did not need the support from Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) then also they would take it.
Notably, the Axis My India has predicted a hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir with the National Conference-Congress alliance slightly ahead and the BJP tailgating the opposition.
According to TV-Today C-voter projections, the NC-Congress alliance is likely to win 40-48 seats while the BJP can win 27-32. Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led People's Democratic Party is likely to win 6-12 seats whereas others can win 6-11.
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.
Lashing out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for cancelling her campaign "in solidarity with the martyrs of Lebanon & Gaza, especially Hassan Nasrallah," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur said that parties like JKNC, PDP and Congress support terrorism and that they are aware of wh
National Conference (JKNC) Vice President Omar Abdullah said that there was a "cloud of war" visible in the Middle East following the death of the Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday.
This came following Mufti cancelling her election campaign on Sunday for the third phase of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in "solidarity with the martyrs of Lebanon and Gaza, especially Hassan Nasarullah."
People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has decided to cancel her election campaign for Sunday stating that she stands with "the people of Palestine and Lebanon in this hour of immense grief".
Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina has exuded confidence in the party forming the next government in the union territory and said that PDP's Mehbooba Mufti will not be part of that government.
PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti's roadshow was diverted after an electric pole on the Super Bazar Road near Bharat Mata Chowk caught fire during her roadshow in Jammu East Assembly Constituency. The fire was later doused and there were no injuries reported.
Slamming National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, PDP Candidate from Ganderbal Assembly Constituency Bashir Mir on Wednesday said that he is a high-profile politician and that people know that they will never get to meet him even if they vote for him.