Yawar Hussain
Gupkar Declaration Signatories addressing a joint press conference after meeting at National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah’s residence on Thursday, October 15, 2020. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
The exit of the People’s Conference has seemingly left the PAGD adrift. The five-party alliance including big players like National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party have not met for nearly two months now.
Seemingly, the PAGD is disinterested in the elections to the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons which they have lost in six out of 13 where they had the mandate when results were declared on December 22 last year. The alliance also hasn’t appointed a new official spokesperson since Sajad Gani Lone left.
DDC polls held in two districts of Kashmir, adjourned in 3 districts of Jammu due to lack of quorum
DDC polls held in two districts of Kashmir, adjourned in 3 districts of Jammu due to lack of quorum
Elections for posts of chairperson and vice-chairpersons of the District Development Council (DDC) were held in two districts of Kashmir in the final phase on Saturday, while a lack of quorum forced adjournment of polls in three of the four districts in Jammu region.
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UPDATED: February 14, 2021 07:34 IST
In the earlier three phases, the BJP had won six DDC chairpersons and five vice-chairpersons posts. (File photo: PTI)
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Elections for posts of chairperson and vice-chairpersons of the District Development Council (DDC) were held in two districts of Kashmir.
Due to lack of quorum polls in three of the four districts in Jammu region were adjourned.
Srinagar: Elections for posts of chairperson and vice-chairpersons of the District Development Council (DDC) were held in two districts of Kashmir in the final phase on Saturday (February 13), while a lack of quorum forced adjournment of polls in three of the four districts in Jammu region.
In the fifth and the last phase of the polls, the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons for the DDCs in Baramulla and Bandipora, both in north Kashmir, were elected on Saturday, the officials said.
SRINAGAR: In a major embarrassment to the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration(PAGD), its district development council (DDC) members in north Kashmir’s