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Mehbooba Mufti extends Eid Greetings, salutes the resilience of Muslims

Mehbooba Mufti extends Eid Greetings, salutes the resilience of Muslims

POLITICS
Extending greetings on Eid-ul-Fitr PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today paid glowing tributes to the fortitude and patience displayed by the Muslim community in Kashmir and the rest of the country in the best traditions of Islam. In her message, she said Muslims truly lived Ramzan this year in the spirit of the holy month by facing an unprecedented onslaught on the community by the BJP governments and its militant political arms across the country with exemplary patience that’s generally associated with early days of Islam. Mehbooba said while the bulldozer became the symbol of state terror against the community the Demons of hate unleashed by the government seemed to be on a rampage in every form of their choice, depending on the occasion and BJP’s Hindu Rashtra roadmap. She said i...

BJP discourages political process in J&K: Mehbooba Mufti ‘Modi destroyed secular fabric of India

POLITICS
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of destroying the secular fabric of the country, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that there is no future for the youth of J&K. Indian Prime Minister Modi was in Pali village of Samba in Jammu on Sunday where he participated in the celebration of the National Panchayati Raj Day and addressed ‘Gram Sabhas’ across the country. In his address, the Prime Minister said that the youth will not see the miseries that their parents and grandparents have seen in the past. “What is this that the Prime Minister is saying that youth will not see miseries that their parents and grandparents in Jammu and Kashmir. What miseries we have seen. We used to have our own Prime Ministers. There was a special status for us. Our g...

700 including two MLAs, BDC and DDC Members from Jammu join AAP

POLITICS, REGIONAL
In a boost to the Aam Aadmi Party’s plan to strengthen its base in Jammu Kashmir, a former state minister, an ex-MLA and a former Congress leader joined the party in New Delhi on Friday. Along with them, more than 700 local leaders including village heads, block development council (BDC) members and district development council (DDC) members also joined the party. They were officially inducted into the AAP by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment Minister Gopal Rai in the presence of Durgesh Pathak, in-charge of party’s political affairs in Jammu and Kashmir, and other leaders at the party headquarters. Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Yash Paul Kundal, ex-legislator Balwant Singh Mankotia, DDC member Taranjit Singh Tony and former Congress leader Surinder Si...