Jammu and Kashmir is going to have a new assembly after 10 years. The last elections were held in 2014 when Jammu and Kashmir was a state. However, in 2019, Article 370 was abrogated. Subsequently, the J-K Reorganisation Act was passed that bifurcated the state into two UTs- J-K and Ladakh.
The statement given by BJP's Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Tarun Chugh was in response to Farooq Abdullah's earlier statements in favour of resuming talks between Indian and Pakistan.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections are underway in three phases. Voting in the second phase will take place on September 25 and the counting of votes will be done on October 8.
During a campaign rally in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh slammed the Congress-NC alliance and PDP over their calls to restore Article 370, asserting that the BJP will not allow its reinstatement.
Omar Abdullah claimed that the BJP would want a hung assembly as it would give it an excuse to extend the lieutenant governor's rule. Under the alliance, the NC will contest 51 seats, the Congress 32, and the CPI(M) one. The remaining six seats will see a "friendly contest" between the two parties.
During a rally in Nowshera, Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Amit Shah declared that no terrorist or stone-pelter would be released from jail.
Central Shalteng, part of the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, will vote in the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections on September 25, 2024.
A tragic bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir involving a Border Security Force (BSF) bus has left three soldiers feared dead and 26 injured. The incident occurred as the bus was transporting personnel for the upcoming assembly elections.
Opposition parties, particularly the National Conference, the Congress, the Apni Party, and the PDP, have been vocal about their commitment to restoring the traditional practice of the 'Darbar Move' if voted to power in the ongoing Assembly polls.
Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are underway in three phases. The second phase will be held on September 25 and the counting of votes will be done on October 8.
The Nowshera constituency in Jammu and Kashmir will go to the polls in the second phase on September 25. The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) are the main parties in the constituency.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: PM Modi said that the Congress-National Conference alliance is being applauded in Pakistan as the neighboring country is very happy with its manifesto and has openly extended its support.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Katra is his second public event in election-bound Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. A few hours ago, the prime minister addressed an election rally in support of BJP candidates at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar.
The 'pheran' that PM Modi wore during his visit to Srinagar was gifted to him by a Kashmiri farmer. Notably, pheran is a kind of Kashmiri traditional dress.
The next phases of polling in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections are on September 25 and October 1. The votes will be counted on October 8.
Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls: Twenty four assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in the first phase. These include 16 seats in the Kashmir region and eight seats in the Jammu region
Polling is taking place in 24 assembly constituencies across seven districts of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Over 23 lakh voters will decide the fate of 219 candidates, including 90 independents.
In its election manifesto for Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party said it will launch a new scheme for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. The Union Territory is witnessing the Assembly elections after a gap of 10 years.
This is the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in a Union Territory setup — also the first poll to elect an assembly in the last 10 years.
J-K Assembly polls phase 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Over 23 lakh voters decided the fate of 219 candidates, including 90 Independents, who were running for 24 assembly segments in the first phase. The other two phases are scheduled to be held on September 25 and October 1.
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