Politics

National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah Monday chaired a meeting of the party's Media and Communication wing at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha. Exhorting the party's social media functionaries to enhance communication with constituents and build awareness around the party's initiatives, Omar as per a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the social media has risen to play a significant role in the communications strategies of the party's policies and programmes. “We should also use different social media platforms to keep the general public informed and updated about important issues and engage with them at a deeper level. Additionally, social media is an excellent space for campaign messaging,” he said. Omar asked the functio...

Amid rife speculations of cracks in the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), following the verbal spar between two youth leaders of the National Conference (NC) and People's Democratic Party (PDP), both parties on Tuesday decided to set aside political differences and fight for the people’s “rights and dignity”. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), both NC and PDP, through their spokespersons, said that despite their “political differences,” they must “rise to the occasion and present a united front” to fight the “onslaught” on rights and dignity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. NC chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq told KNO that at a time when the case challenging the abrogation of Article 370 is being heard tomorrow in the Supreme Court, there shoul...

PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had put a precondition before Prime Minister Narendra Modi for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir in 2015, seeking an assurance that Article 370 of the Constitution will not be removed by the Centre, party president Mehbooba Mufti claimed on Monday. Addressing a gathering on the 24th foundation day of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) here, Mufti said her father Sayeed was not power hungry and wanted to deliver Jammu and Kashmir from its problems and troubles. “When Mufti sahib had 28 seats (in the 2014 Assembly polls), he met Modi and gave his list of conditions for government formation. He took the assurance from the BJP government (at the Centre) that (Article) 370 will not be touched. He tied their hands. He was not after power, otherwis...

Former Chief Ministers of Jammu Kashmir welcomed the Supreme court's decision of disregarding Central Government's fresh affidavit on Article 370, which will be discussed in the apex court on day to day basis starting August 02. Refuting the claims made the Government over the changes post abrogation, Mehbooba Mufti said that then silence in Jammu Kashmir is enforced. "The Goonda has entered the house and has beat everyone inside, now it is boasting of silence inside the house, " she said in a reference to BJP's policy on Kashmir. She said that nobody is allowed to speak the facts here in Kashmir. "It is not that people are even speaking against the Government. People are not allowed to speak anything other than the government's narrative, if one does, they are not spared. Even journ...