On two sides of the Pir Panchal mountains in Budgam live a community that shares ethos, language and heritage. For centuries, they have been marrying their wards and reaching each other by foot using the same route that traders and conquerors used in early medieval Kashmir.
Ex-MLA Poonch, others join Apni Party
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 30: Former PDP leader and ex-MLA Poonch Shah Mohammad Tantray alongwith his associates joined Apni Party at its office in Lal Chowk here today.
Welcoming Tantray into party-fold, Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari expressed confidence that his joining will boost the Party cadres and increment their morale in Pir Panjal region.
“I have a special affinity with Pir Panjal region, especially district Poonch where I had the privilege to serve as the Incharge District Development Board in 2015-16. The district has a huge potential for growth and development provided it gets the right leadership,” he remarked.
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Bagging 49 seats, independents emerge as key players in J&K DDC polls KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/24/2020 12:59:38 PM
JAMMU, Dec 23: Independent candidates have emerged as big winners in Jammu and Kashmir s maiden District Development Council polls, with 49 of them having been declared elected so far from 280 seats, putting them ahead of parties like the Congress and the PDP.
Among the big Independent wins is Taranjit Singh defeating BJP s two-time MLA and former minister Sham Lal Choudhary in Suchetgarh in Jammu region by a slender margin of 11 votes.
Though the BJP maintained its supremacy by emerging as the single largest party with 74 seats and is leading in another seat, the defeat of its stalwarts Choudhary and another former minister Shakti Raj Parihar, who lost from two constituencies in Doda district, has come as a shock for it.
Bagging 49 Seats Out of 280, Independents Emerge as Key Player in J&K DDC Polls
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Independent candidates have emerged as big winners in Jammu and Kashmir’s maiden District Development Council polls, with 49 of them having been declared elected so far from 280 seats, putting them ahead of parties like the Congress and the PDP. Among the big Independent wins is Taranjit Singh defeating BJP’s two-time MLA and former minister Sham Lal Choudhary in Suchetgarh in Jammu region by a slender margin of 11 votes.
Though the BJP maintained its supremacy by emerging as the single largest party with 74 seats and is leading in another seat, the defeat of its stalwarts Choudhary and another former minister Shakti Raj Parihar, who lost from two constituencies in Doda district, has come as a shock for it. Choudhary lost to Singh by a razor-thin margin. Singh polled 12,969 votes against Choudhary’s 12958, according to the results declared by the J&K Election Commissioner in the ea