PDP youth leader Waheed Para, arrested under UAPA, wins J&K DDC poll from Pulwama
Waheed Para defeated his nearest rival of the BJP by over 1,000 votes in Tahab (Pulwama I). His party chief Mehbooba Mufti hails the victory.
Azaan Javaid 22 December, 2020 4:09 pm IST Text Size:
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Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party leader Waheed Para, who was taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) days after filing his nomination for the first ever District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, has emerged victorious from Tahab in south Kashmir’s Pulwama area.
PDP president and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti took to Twitter to congratulate Para, the party’s youth wing president who is currently lodged in Tihar jail.
Victory in DDC elections a shot in the arm for the PAGD
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Srinagar: National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti and other leaders during an all-party meet of the signatories of the Gupkar declaration, at the residence of NC President Farooq Abdullah in Srinaga. Image Source: IANS News
Jammu, Dec 22 : The counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday has given a clear lead to the People s Alliance For Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
Of the 280 seats that went to polls for the DDC elections the leads on 258 seats have indicated that the Kashmir-based amalgam of the mainstream parties, the PAGD, has either won or is leading on 107 segments, the BJP leading on 65 segments, the Congress on 22, Apni Party which was launched after the abrogation of Article 370 on 10 and others on 54 segment
PDP’s Waheed Parra Sent To 30 Days Judicial Custody
SRINAGAR: Special Judge NIA Sunit Gupta on Saturday granted 30 days judicial custody of Peoples Democratic Party leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, who was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Parra was booked in a case related to his alleged “close links” with Irfan Shafi Mir, who was arrested along with Hizbul Mujahideen militant Naveed Babu and suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh earlier this year.
After perusal of the application moved by the CIO and the CD files, the court granted 30 days judicial remand of Parra.