By Agencies Srinagar, Aug 30 : People’s Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that it was the National Conference that made elections “haram” for Jamaat-e-Islami. Speaking to reporters here at Srinagar, Mehbooba said that in 1987, when Jamaat-e-Islami and other groups tried to participate in the elections, National Conference opposed it […]
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Candidature of Sarjan Barkati, 25 others rejected for 1st phase of J&K polls
By Agencies Srinagar, Aug 28 : Candidature of at least 26 candidates, who had filed nomination papers to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in the first phase, has been rejected. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that 280 candidates had filed nomination papers in J&K for the first […]
Jamaat-e-Islami Goes from ‘Haram’ and J&K ‘Not Part of India’ to Contesting Polls: Omar Abdullah
By Agencies SRINAGAR: Former Chief Minister of the erstwhile J&K and Senior Vice President of JKNC, Omar Abdullah, on Monday termed the reports of Jamaat-e-Islami contesting the upcoming assembly elections as a huge development, saying “those who had declared elections Haram and were talking about J&K not being part of India are now […]
Ready to contest Assembly polls if Centre revokes ban imposed on us: Panel head JeI Kashmir
By Agencies In a significant development, the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir Wednesday said that it was ready to contest polls if Centre would lift the ban on it. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) imposed ban on JeI in 2019 , post Article 370 roll back, terming the organization as “anti national.” Talking to reporters here, […]