Politics

Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president, Ghulam Ahmad Mir has resigned from the post on Wednesday. Sources privy to the development told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Mir has resigned has submitted resignation to the party after serving as party's state unit chief for the period of eight years. Mir has tendered submitted his resignation to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Talking to KNO, Mir said that he has shot a letter to AICC president and told her that he would respect any decision of the high command. Meanwhile, JKPCC is all set to get its new chief shortly as the party has already completed the procedure and sought suggestions from the leaders. Four names have been put forth for the next JKPCC head —(KNO)

National Conference (NC) President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Friday called for a united fight for the restoration of J&K's abridged democratic, constitutional rights. He said this while interacting with a number of delegations who called on him at his Srinagar residence from Kargil, North, South and Central parts of Kashmir. Among others senior leaders Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan, Kafilul Rehman, District President Baramulla Dr Sajad Shafi Uri, and Agha Syed Muhammad Rizvi, and Minority cell women's wing president Sumita Bhan were also present on the occasion. “Peace in J&K cannot be achieved by feeding bitter medicines to our people. It can only be achieved by restoring their fettered constitutional and democratic rights. Far from affording ...

Stating that people have no access to the corridors of power in Kashmir, Janata Dal-United President for Jammu Kashmir GM Shaheen Monday said that bureaucratic rule is not an alternative to the elected government. Shaheen who observed a hunger strike along with party workers at Pratap Park Srinagar against the non-redressal of grievances of people said that people are immensely suffering in Jammu and Kashmir. He said roads are in shambles and nothing is being done to repair them. He said there is an acute shortage of drinking water and people are being forced to hit the roads on daily basis. “Where people will go when nobody is listening to them. They don’t have access to the power corridors and bureaucrats are caring a fig for them. It is difficult to survive in such a choking envir...

The Jammu Kashmir National Conference on Sunday asked the government to release incarcerated Kashmiri youth, who are lodged in prisons in different parts of the country. Expressing concern over the plight of parents whose sons continue to remain out of sight for them for years altogether, party leader and MP Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi said, “It is quite gladdening to see PM Modi meet his mother at her residence in Gandhinagar as she entered the 100th year of her life. Such reunions are heart-warming indeed. However numerous mothers in Kashmir continue to long for a glimpse of their sons. The never ending wait has taken a toll on their mental and physical health. There is no way these mothers, who are pining to meet their sons, lodged in faraway jails can meet their sons. Most of their unf...

The Former Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that statement by Nupur Sharma of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Prophet Muhammad was not a coincidence, but it was "well planned" strategy to deviate attention from Government of India's failure to protect Kashmiri Pandits. Addressing a press conference, she asked, "Why Nupur Sharma is not being arrested? Nupur Sharma’s statement has tremendously hurt the sentiments of Muslims across the globe and her remarks on Prophet Muhammad were a deliberate act, it was planned. Nupur Sharma's remarks were on well-settled grounds so that the Muslims in the country get provoked and the government get a chance to act on them." The Chief of People's Democratic Party also slammed BJP over Enforcement Directorate's summon to...