Updated Dec 30, 2020 | 15:58 IST
This is not a verdict that allows for any sweeping claims made by the competing political parties to hold completely true. File image | Photo Credit: PTI
Free and fair elections are a necessary condition in any democracy, though not a sufficient one. Since August 5 last year, when the decision to virtually abrogate Article 370 was taken, many opposition leaders were detained or jailed, communication lines were snapped, and movement severely restricted, in Jammu and Kashmir. This, the government said, was done in the larger interest of protecting the people from the evil designs of terror outfits, and that restrictions would eventually be lifted. Rendering Article 370 virtually inactive, doing away with the discriminatory Article 35A, and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, including Ladakh, was a larger collective and national good, many supporters of the move believed, that could o
J&K DDC election results: Meet the three first-ever winners of BJP from Kashmir
The three historic wins gave the saffron party one of the reasons to celebrate the results, apart from the fact that it emerged as the single-largest party bagging 75 seats, 72 of them in Jammu division.
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At 21, Minha Lateef is not just among the youngest winners of the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir. But the law student is also one of three candidates who have given the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) its first-ever electoral success in Kashmir, the province in the erstwhile state otherwise dominated by regional heavyweights.
Local poll results show NC losing ground in Srinagar
Thu, Dec 24 2020 13:51 IST |
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Local poll results show NC losing ground in Srinagar district. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 24 : While Farooq Abdullahs Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) has bagged the largest number of seats overall in the J&K District Development Council (DDC) polls, it has suffered a setback in its fortress of Srinagar as it has bagged only one out of the 14 seats in the summer capital district. On the other hand, NCs arch rival, the BJP, has retained control of over 11 seats and lost not more than 3 in the winter capital district of Jammu.
SRINAGAR: Srinagar, the Kashmir capital city has finally emerged as the “political cosmos” of Jammu and Kashmir with everybody having a say. However, independents are the majority. PAGD and Apni
BJP candidate Engineer Aijaz Hussain who won from one of the 14 DDC seats from Srinagar. He defeated Apni Party. Aijaz is flashing a victory sign after being declared a winner on December 22, 2020. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
We have fought against the Gang and want to show them that people are inclined more towards @narendramodi ji & @BJP4India than #PAGD in #Kashmir. The people of valley will definitely give seats to @BJP4India owing the popularity of PM in Kashmir. Let all pray for our win.