PolitMaster.com is a comprehensive online platform providing insightful coverage of the political arena: International Relations, Domestic Policies, Economic Developments, Electoral Processes, and Legislative Updates. With expert analysis, live updates, and in-depth features, we bring you closer to the heart of politics. Exclusive interviews, up-to-date photos, and video content, alongside breaking news, keep you informed around the clock. Stay engaged with the world of politics 24/7.
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC), both part of the INDIA bloc in Jammu and Kashmir, will compete against each other in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections for the three seats in the Kashmir valley.
Hitting back at Opposition parties over a recent controversial remark by National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah that Pakistan is not wearing bangles and has atom bombs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Indi (INDIA) alliance seems to have taken 'supari' against India.
The entire Kargil unit of the National Conference (NC) has resigned, citing pressure from the party leadership to support the INDIA bloc candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, which votes on May 20.
With a month-and-a-half to go for the results of the Lok Sabha polls to be announced on June 4, the BJP has already won its first seat. On Monday, a day after the nomination of the Congress candidate from Surat was rejected, the BJP’s Mukesh Dalal was declared elected uncontested from the Lok Sabha seat, after the eight remaining nominees withdrew.
Omar Abdullah, the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) Vice president, challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to field its candidates in North, Central and South Kashmir. He said he will quit politics if the BJP candidates do not lose their security deposits.
With the Congress officially extending its support to the National Conference (NC) for the three parliamentary seats in the Valley, the Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to have been cornered in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the Lok Sabha polls, even as the three parties remain constituents of the Opposition INDIA alliance.
Last week, Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone said that the biggest confidence building measure towards Kashmiris would be to register an FIR against National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, Congress leaders and the bureaucrats for their role in the alleged rigging of the 1987 Assembly polls.
Two days after the National Conference (NC) ruled out any possibility of seat-sharing in Kashmir for the Lok Sabha elections by announcing its candidate Mian Altaf for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) announced that it would contest all three seats in the Valley.