J&K DDC Election Results: Gupkar Alliance Heads For A Victory; BJP Likely Single Largest Party, Bags Three Seats In Kashmir moneycontrol.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from moneycontrol.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BJP s Aijaz Hussain who won the Khonmoh-II constituency in DDC elections. | Ashok Koul/Twitter
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday won a election in Kashmir for the first time as its candidate Aijaz Hussain bagged the Khonmoh-II District Development Council seat in Srinagar, PTI reported.
Meanwhile, Vibodh Gupta, the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit general secretary claimed that the results of the polls were a reflection of people’s faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
“The people of Kashmir exhibited their faith in PM Narendra Modi’s vision of naya Kashmir, and sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas,” Gupta said. Commenting on Hussain’s victory in particular, Gupta said that it belongs to party’s members in Kashmir “who have shed their blood fighting a tough battle against terrorism”.
People Have Spoken, Pay Heed : Omar Abdullah To BJP After Local Polls People Have Spoken, Pay Heed : Omar Abdullah To BJP After Local Polls On Tuesday,former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted to say that the BJP had made this election a prestige issue about Art 370 & J&K s special status. The people have now spoken & it s for those who believe in democracy to pay heed to these voices .
Omar Abdullah was released on March 24, 2020 after more than seven months in detention
Srinagar:
The leaders of Farooq Abdullah-led People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration have hailed the people s verdict in the local elections, saying they have given their opinion on the Centre s move to scrap its special status and bifurcate it into two Union Territories. The seven-party amalgam that was formed to help restore special status of Jammu and Kashmir won nine of 20 districts in the union territory.
Farooq Abdullah-led PAGD leads in J&K DDC polls ummid.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ummid.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PAGD leads BJP in J&K DDC polls
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Jammu, Dec 23 : The latest trends in the counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir late on Tuesday night indicated that the Farooq Abdullah-led People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has taken a big lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even as the counting of votes is underway to determine the fate of 2,178 candidates.
According to the latest reports, PADG has won 101 seats and is leading on 8 seats, while BJP has won 71 seats and leading on 4 seats out of the 280 segments that went to the polls across J&K.