Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the PDP was formed by the then BJP-led NDA Government in 2000 to counter NC s resolution on greater autonomy.
Fearing backlash in the next Lok Sabha elections BJP is divided over the timing of arresting Lal Singh. Singh, a 63-year-old leader, has served as a two-time Lok Sabha MP from the Udhampur constituency and held various ministerial portfolios in the State government. After switching from the Congress to the BJP in 2014, he became a minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government.
NIA attaches eight properties of two accused in the 2018 Srinagar terror attack on cops that led to the escape of the dreaded Pakistani terrorist Naveed Jatt.
As elections have been delayed due to the ongoing delimitation process, the suspense continues over the fate of all Urban Local Bodies across the Union Territory.