Ahead of the third phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Jammu and Kashmir also has the right to development and cited the example of UP saying that only the double-engine government could bring prosperity to the Union Territory.
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.
Senior BJP leader Smriti Irani addressed a public meeting in support of BJP candidate Dr Davinder Kumar Manyal in Samba on Wednesday ahead of the third phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir.
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.
In a pointed remark aimed at its alliance parner Congress, which is contesting elections in Jammu and Kashmir alongside the National Conference, Omar Abdullah urged Rahul Gandhi to rap up the campaigning in Kashmir and shift his focus towards Jammu.
While Congress' manifesto for the Assembly election is silent on the Article 370, its bigger alliance partner NC promised in its manifesto restoration of Article 370 .
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.
Reacting to National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah's statement questioning whether the central government has eliminated terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP President Ravinder Raina on Sunday said that the statements made by Congress leaders and the NC chief are treason and claimed t
PDP candidate from the Bijbehara assembly constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, and Mehbooba Mufti's daughter, Iltija Mufti, said that they will soften Union Home Minister Amit Shah's heart for the youths of the J&K.
"Has terrorism not ended? Could you ever roam around downtown (Srinagar) or was there 60-70 per cent polling? So what is Farooq Sahib talking about? I once told him that I have seen more areas of Kashmir than he has. I know the pulse of Kashmir. This is the frustration of NC, PDP, and Con
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.