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While Jammu returned its two sitting BJP MPs to the Lok Sabha, Kashmir sprung a surprise – not one but two. While jailed Independent candidate Engineer Rashid defeated former chief minister Omar Abdullah, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti lost to a National Conference Gujjar leader, Mian Altaf.
In Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, both former CMs, are trailing from Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri, respectively, till 1.45 pm.
THE HIGHEST polling in almost three decades in Srinagar, at 38%, is being interpreted differently by different quarters. Now, all eyes are on what it means for the two remaining Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir, which will vote on May 20 and 25.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s praise for the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi in a chapter she wrote in a recent book on his cross-country march, Bharat Jodo Yatra: Reclaiming India’s Soul, is yet another indicator of the growing bonhomie between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the grand old party.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the Centre is planning to revoke the controversial AFSPA Act and pull back some troops from Jammu and Kashmir.
THE PEOPLE’S Democratic Party (PDP) is hoping for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s intervention to end the standoff with the National Conference (NC) over seat-sharing in Kashmir, which is threatening to unravel the INDIA bloc in the Union territory.
Just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to Srinagar on Thursday, which marks his first visit to the Valley since the abrogation of Article 370, scrapping special status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), in August 2019.
Several checkpoints have come up across Srinagar as part of heightened security measures, a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the city on Thursday, his first since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, soon after his government returned to power for a second term.