The Congress stayed out of the new Cabinet for now, mentioning the statehood demand for Jammu and Kashmir as promised by the Centre.
Choudhary Lal Singh, a veteran Congress leader, was defeated by BJP candidate Darshan Kumar in the Basholi seat in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.
The NC vice president further said, “I thought he would at least name the party of Engineer Rashid (Awami Ittehad Party) but he did not.”
People who were not ready to read it, have now been compelled to go through it now, Abdullah added.
“We request the ECI to give orders and ensure that their security is restored”, the NC leader asserted.
The former chief minister praised Gandhi for taking the fight directly to the Prime Minister and said this is the reason why the Prime Minister is...
The National conference leader added nobody is stopping the defence minister from doing so. But he warned that the Indian government must remember that Pakistan is...
Firebrand Shia leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi would contest from central Kashmir’s Srinagar constituency, which has been an NC bastion.
Abdullah said this is not a personal loss or a defeat for the National conference, but it is a collective loss. He added that in pror...
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday alleged that he’s witness that outer ring of the cordon maintained by the Jammu and Kashmir police “simply vanished”...