SRINAGAR: In a new twist to the continued detention of the PDP youth leader, Waheed Parra, five UN Rapporteurs have revealed that he was arrested after his interaction with UN Security Council members in a virtual event on July 30, 2020.
Waheed Para wins J&K DDC poll from Pulwama KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/24/2020 12:22:33 AM
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: Peoples Democratic Party Youth President Waheed Parra on Tuesday won the Pulwama-1 seat in Jammu and Kashmir’s District Development Council elections. Parra, who is currently in jail in connection with a terror case, won his debut election “by a huge margin of votes”.
Parra secured 1,323 votes, while his nearest rival, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sajad Raina got 321. The constituency has 14 villages and over 25,000 voters, but only 1,950 votes were cast. Apart from Parra and Raina, there were five more candidates – Apni Party’s Ghulam Hassan Mir and four independents – in the fray.