Days after the Public Safety Act was slapped on former Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, a senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Naeem Akhtar was booked under the PSA, sources said.
A former PDP MLA and a trade union leader were released from detention in Srinagar on Tuesday.
Two days after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expelled eight of its leaders after they met Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, a former MLC Javed Mirchal resigned from the party on Saturday in protest against the expulsions.
Doval on Monday met for lunch a group of 27 European lawmakers, who are visiting Kashmir on Tuesday. It was attended by senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig, among others from the state.
This was the first time any BJP leader addressed a gathering in Kashmir after August 5 when Article 370 was abrogated.
Former state president of PDP's Scheduled Caste wing Vijay Anand on Thursday joined the BJP along with six others here, a party spokesperson said.Anand accompanied by Sanjay Kumar, Himanshu, Ravi Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Ajay Kumar and John Sotra joined the BJP's Scheduled Caste wing in presence of its state president Jagdish Bhagat and state spokesperson Balbir Ram Rattan.
Mantoo received bullet injuries in his abdomen and thigh and was rushed to the district hospital, the police said, adding that his condition is stated to be stable.
Two parliamentarians belonging to Mehbooba Mufti's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were asked to leave Rajya Sabha on Monday after they attempted to tear the Constitution, in an apparent public display of anger over Government's move of scrapping the controversial Article 370 and Article 35A.
Suspected militants on Monday shot and injured a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) activist in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. Police said militants shot at Lateef Ahmad Shah in the orchard area of Matrigam village in Pulwama district in the evening.
Mufti, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from this constituency in 2014, is being challenged by state Congress chief G.A. Mir and former judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Hasnain Masoodi of the National Conference.
Talking to media in Srinagar, the PDP chief claimed that the war between India and Pakistan was unthinkable as both countries were nuclear powers.
The PDP said the party had been watching Bukhari's activities for some time and has expelled him from the basic membership of the party.
In another jolt for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), senior leader and former minister Javaid Mustafa Mir has resigned from the party.
In a letter addressed to PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Drabu said he had not been associating with party affairs for some time now.
“Shocked to see baseless allegations against mainstream parties in JK following dictates from Pakistan levelled by @rammadhavbjp ji,” PDP chief Mufti said in a series of tweets.
Speculation have been rife since Tuesday night that the three parties were planning to join forces to restrict BJP's chances of returning to power.
Reports of any injuries or casualties in the incident in Shopian were yet not available.
In a statement, the home minister said the central government will provide all support, including central forces, for smooth conduct of panchayat and urban local body polls.
The PDP had announced the boycott of polls on Monday. This came after the municipal and panchayat polls were boycotted by the National Conference.
The Supreme Court had on August 31 deferred the hearing on a bunch of petitions challenging Article 35A of the Constitution, as the Centre had urged the court to take up the matter after panchayat elections in the state.
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