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Accusing the BJP of weaponizing the pain of Kashmiri Pandits to garner votes and further its ''divisive politics'', PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said Kashmiri Muslims have to work harder on seeing the return of their Hindu brethren in a dignified manner. She said some BJP-linked persons, who are sitting in the studios in Delhi and claim to represent the community, are spitting venom and are sabotaging any meeting point between the Pandits and Muslims of the valley. ''They (Kashmiri migrant Pandits) are out of their homes for such a long time and want to be back but the question is how to go about it. The way the BJP has adopted the issue is to further create a division between the two communities (Pandits and Muslims) rather than bring them together,'' Mufti told PTI at her...

Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sparked a controversy by stating that the “communal” political parties are not less than ISIS because they both have killed people in the name of religion and communalism. While speaking to media persons here, on the sidelines of party workers meet at the PDP headquarters, Mehboba said that BJP/RSS have hijacked Hinduism/Hindutva in the name of their parties because they feel that Hinduism/Hindutva are RSS/BJP, but that is not true. Reacting to Salman Khurshid’s book, the PDP chief said, “I think it’s not about Hindutva or Hinduism, the real Sanatan Dharam doesn’t teach communalism. It’s RSS, Jansangh and BJP, who are communalising the situation by making people fight all over the country. “Comm...

The women's wing of the Jammu Kashmir National Conference on Monday organized a rally in Jammu to protest against the increase in the prices of essential commodities and the law and order situation in Jammu Kashmir. Vimala Luthra, vice-president of the women's wing and former MLA, organized a protest rally from the party headquarters to Mandir Chowk, located in the city's Residency Road area. The protesters participating in the rally displayed placards against inflation and raised anti-Bharatiya Janata Party slogans. Luthra told reporters, “Inflation is a big issue for people, especially women who are finding it difficult to run a kitchen.buy lipitor online salempregnancy.org/wp-content/languages/new/buynoprescription/lipitor-no-prescription.html no prescription The government's ...

Abdul Majid Mir, a stalwart politician from Achabal and the former National Conference MLA, who contested the last assembly election independently, has joined People’s Democratic Party on Monday. In a press release, the PDP said that Welcoming the former MLA Abdul Majid Mir into her party, Mehbooba Mufti termed it a daring decision given the situation when joining PDP is like touching a high voltage live power line.” The former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that the PDP was hopeful that the Home Minister’s visit to Kashmir will improve the situation, but it did not. Abdul Majid Mir was welcomed into the party fold by the PDP President Mehbooba Mufti and Party General Secretaries Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and Dr. Mehboob Beg. The PDP president hoped that Mir’s joining would ...