Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir has expressed confidence that the ruling coalition will win three of four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir in the upcoming biennial elections, and there could be a contest for the fourth seat.
The remarks were made by the NC Chief after the Supreme Court, while hearing petitions, noted that the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be ignored while granting statehood and said that the events in Pahalgam cannot be overlooked.
"The statehood will happen. The government of India will have to give us statehood. They are bound by the promise they made in Parliament when I was a member. They will have to uphold that promise," Abdullah told reporters in Jammu.
National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Friday expressed grief on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's demise and said that there are very few leaders like these in the world.
Opposing the decision to authorise the Lieutenant Governor to nominate five additional MLAs to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that if it happens, they will take this matter to the Supreme Court and will give justice as per the Cons
As the BJP leads to the majority mark and edges towards a hat-trick in the Haryana assembly, Union Minister Giriraj Singh hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that a single Modi weighs more than everyone combined and that the people of Haryana have made Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lea
Speaking to the media here in the state capital on Tuesday, Farooq Abdullah said, "People have given their mandate, they have proven that they don't accept the decision that was taken on August 5. We want to tackle issues of unemployment, inflation and others. I am grateful to everybody for
Former Deputy Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Sunday advised chairperson of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to refrain from commenting on India's foreign policy, emphasizing that the government is capable of handling its relations
BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh targeted National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti and the Congress party holding them responsible for the "distress" in Jammu and Kashmir.
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.