PDP will boycott panchayat, local body polls says Mehbooba Mufti; urges Centre to review decision to hold elections
6 years, 4 months ago

PDP will boycott panchayat, local body polls says Mehbooba Mufti; urges Centre to review decision to hold elections

Firstpost  

After National Congress, People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti announced that the party will boycott panchayat polls and local body elections scheduled from next month in Jammu and Kashmir. At a press briefing held in Srinagar on Monday, People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti announced to the media that PDP would be boycotting panchayat elections and local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir scheduled from next month, reported NDTV. #Kashmir #Article35A pic.twitter.com/1zv1AgNIH7 — Zulqarnain Ibn Usuf | ذوالقرنین ابن یوسف September 10, 2018 On 5 September, Mufti had tweeted on her official account stating that the central government’s plea in Supreme Court to link decision on 35A with panchayat and urban bodies elections, was a ‘disastrous idea’. — Mehbooba Mufti September 5, 2018 Mufti’s announcement came the same day that National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, had announced that the party will not participate in the panchayat and urban local bodies elections until the Government of India and the Jammu and Kashmir state government make their position clear on Article 35A.

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‘Delicate dance with New Delhi’: Mehbooba Mufti's PDP calls for a conciliatory approach to Jammu and Kashmir
1 month ago

‘Delicate dance with New Delhi’: Mehbooba Mufti's PDP calls for a conciliatory approach to Jammu and Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

The People's Democratic Party in its monthly newsletter ‘Speak Up’ has said that governing Jammu and Kashmir requires a ‘delicate dance’ with the Centre. Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti addresses party workers during a meeting in Jammu on Sunday “Governing Jammu and Kashmir effectively requires a delicate dance with New Delhi, as acknowledged by the new government,” the newsletter …

Jammu and Kashmir: PDP holds meet in Jammu to chalk out action plan for Assembly Elections
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Jammu and Kashmir: PDP holds meet in Jammu to chalk out action plan for Assembly Elections

India TV News  

Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party held a meeting in Jammu on Saturday to chalk out its action plan in preparation for the Assembly Elections, supposed to be held before the end of September this year. The meeting, chaired by PDP vice-president Abdul Hameed Choudhary at Gandhi Nagar party headquarters, was primarily convened to gear up and strengthen the party cadres …

Kashmir: PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti booked for violating poll code on voting day in Anantnag
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kashmir: PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti booked for violating poll code on voting day in Anantnag

Hindustan Times  

Election authorities in Kashmir have registered an FIR against former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for violating the model code of conduct, officials said on Wednesday. PDP Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha candidate Mehbooba Mufti along with party workers holding a sit-in at Bijbehara in south Kashmir while polling was underway on May 25. The FIR has been registered against …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleges PDP workers detained on Phase 6 polling day, stages protest
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleges PDP workers detained on Phase 6 polling day, stages protest

Live Mint  

People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on May 25 staged a protest outside a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district alleging detention of her party workers and polling agents. The former chief minister is contesting the elections from Anantnag-Rajouri seat where polling is underway in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. "Those who have been detained are …

Afternoon briefing: Mehbooba Mufti claims PDP workers detained; why Mumbai-San Francisco flight got delayed, and more
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Afternoon briefing: Mehbooba Mufti claims PDP workers detained; why Mumbai-San Francisco flight got delayed, and more

Hindustan Times  

Mehbooba Mufti of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party on Saturday, May 25, alleged that her party workers and polling agents are being detained in police stations “without any reason”. Mehbooba Mufti, who is a candidate from Anantnag–Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in South Kashmir where voting is currently underway, is sitting on a protest along with party leaders and …

Mehbooba Mufti claims poll rigging in Anantnag–Rajouri seat: ‘PDP workers detained’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mehbooba Mufti claims poll rigging in Anantnag–Rajouri seat: ‘PDP workers detained’

Hindustan Times  

Mehbooba Mufti of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party on Saturday, May 25, alleged that her party workers and polling agents are being detained in police stations “without any reason”. Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti blocks a road with her supporters as she protests against the alleged detention of her party workers ahead of the …

Peoples Democratic Party on revival mode after losing its senior leaders
8 months, 1 week ago

Peoples Democratic Party on revival mode after losing its senior leaders

Hindustan Times  

The Peoples Democratic Party led by Mehbooba Mufti is on a revival mode after losing most of its senior leaders post the abrogation of Article 370-- courtesy vigorous poll campaigning, symbolism and messaging of being left alone for Lok Sabha elections and also wooing of the youth, women and tribal voters with an appeal that they shouldn’t boycott this time. …

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti urge EC against postponing polls in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti urge EC against postponing polls in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency

India TV News  

Amid speculations over the deferment of polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, said to be held in the third phase, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti appealed to the poll body not to do the same. Significantly, the statement by the leaders comes as the EC has sought a report from J&K's Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, and …

Mehbooba Mufti Launches Poll Campaign, Says 'Entire Kashmir Has Been Converted Into Jail'
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Mehbooba Mufti Launches Poll Campaign, Says 'Entire Kashmir Has Been Converted Into Jail'

News 18  

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday launched her campaign for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency with a road show here with a promise of raising the voice of voiceless people in Jammu and Kashmir. “I have started my election campaign to raise voice against this enforced silence, the wanton arrests and atmosphere of suffocation that prevails here,” Mufti told reporters …

PDP to contest on all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir Valley, Mehbooba to contest from Anantnag-Rajouri
9 months, 1 week ago

PDP to contest on all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir Valley, Mehbooba to contest from Anantnag-Rajouri

The Hindu  

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday announced it will field candidates from all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir Valley, with party president Mehbooba Mufti contesting from south Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri seat. PDP youth president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra and former Rajya Sabha member Fayaz Ahmad Mir will contest from central Kashmir’s Srinagar and north Kashmir’s Baramulla seats, respectively. However, Ms. Mufti …

Will not accept imported voters, PDP on inclusion of non-locals in J&K
2 years, 4 months ago

Will not accept imported voters, PDP on inclusion of non-locals in J&K

India TV News  

Highlights Peoples Democratic Party staged a protest against election authorities Protest was over the issue of "non-locals" being enlisted as the electorate in Jammu and Kashmir We will not accept imported voters, come what may. We will fight this grave injustice, PDP said Jammu and Kashmir: The Peoples Democratic Party Monday staged a protest against election authorities over the issue …

Mehbooba Mufti on allowing outsiders to register as voters in J-K: 'Last nail in coffin of democracy'
2 years, 4 months ago

Mehbooba Mufti on allowing outsiders to register as voters in J-K: 'Last nail in coffin of democracy'

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir: Calling it, 'last nail in the coffin of democracy,' Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday expressed her displeasure with regard to election commission allowing outsiders to register as voters in the Union Territory. PDP president said that the election authorities can't allow outsiders residing ordinarily in Jammu and Kashmir for jobs, education or business to …

'Can't leave ground open for BJP': Mehbooba Mufti says PDP will contest next J&K polls
2 years, 10 months ago

'Can't leave ground open for BJP': Mehbooba Mufti says PDP will contest next J&K polls

India Today  

Amid a political storm over the draft report of the delimitation commission in Jammu and Kashmir, People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has announced that her party will contest the next assembly election in the union territory. Addressing a gathering of party workers on Sunday in Poonch, Mehbooba Mufti urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to wholeheartedly support candidates …

'Mungerilal ke Haseen Sapne': BJP takes potshots at Mehbooba Mufti over Taliban reference to J&K
3 years, 4 months ago

'Mungerilal ke Haseen Sapne': BJP takes potshots at Mehbooba Mufti over Taliban reference to J&K

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party has slammed PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti over her Taliban remarks. The party has called her remarks as 'anti-national' wherein she had drawn a reference to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to press for her demand to restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Referring to the popular TV series 'Mungerilal ke Haseen Sapne', BJP general secretary Tarun …

PDP only party resisting Centre in Jammu and Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti
3 years, 5 months ago

PDP only party resisting Centre in Jammu and Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

India TV News  

Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said her Peoples Democratic Party was the only party that is resisting the Centre in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to reporters after meeting party workers in the Pulwama district in south Kashmir, Mehbooba said the Centre is trying to break the PDP by either “offering” its leaders something or using its agencies to intimidate them. PDP …

PDP not to participate in the delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir, says outcome is ‘pre-planned’
3 years, 6 months ago

PDP not to participate in the delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir, says outcome is ‘pre-planned’

The Hindu  

The Mehbooba Mufti-led Peoples Democratic Party will not participate in the delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir, a statement from the party said. A PDP statement issued today said that the party was disappointed with the June 24 meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir. Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, general secretary of the party, …

J&K poll precondition by Mehbooba, Omar disservice to people: BJP leader
3 years, 6 months ago

J&K poll precondition by Mehbooba, Omar disservice to people: BJP leader

India TV News  

Senior BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Saturday said the reported decision of former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah of making their participation in assembly election conditional will be a great “disservice to people of Jammu and Kashmir”. According to media reports, NC leader Omar Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti have made their participation in the assembly election …

Boycotting parishad polls may boomerang Telugu Desam
3 years, 9 months ago

Boycotting parishad polls may boomerang Telugu Desam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The badly bruised Telugu Desam leaving the electoral battlefield midway, boycotting the zilla parishad and mandal parshad elections slated for April 8 may do more harm than good to the party. The immediate adverse impact of the boycott decision could be the party’s contestants, flag-bearers of the party at ground level and regularly bear the brunt of the opponents …

J&K panchayat elections postponed after political parties demand release of detained leaders
4 years, 10 months ago

J&K panchayat elections postponed after political parties demand release of detained leaders

India Today  

The upcoming panchayat election in Jammu and Kashmir have been deferred after opposition parties People's Democratic Party and National Conference told election officials that there can only be a level playing field when leaders are released from detention. The notification read, "Office of the Election Authority, Chief Electoral Officer : Notifications dated 15th & 17th February issued for Phrase 1 …

Two PDP Rajya Sabha MPs seek Opposition help
5 years, 5 months ago

Two PDP Rajya Sabha MPs seek Opposition help

The Hindu  

Two People’s Democratic Party members of the Rajya Sabha have written to the Opposition parties seeking their support to get answers from the government in Parliament on the situation in Kashmir. Nazir Ahmad Laway and Mir Mohd Fayaz, in a joint letter to the parties, said their own attempts to seek answers all of last week failed and they needed …

Deserted booths
5 years, 8 months ago

Deserted booths

The Hindu  

“M y vote would be an affront to my son.” Mohammad Yousuf’s anguished outburst is an apt summing up of why south Kashmir is not voting. Since every good turnout in Kashmir, even when it is essentially for bijli, sadak and pani, is marketed as Kashmiris’ “identification with the mainstream”, not just by New Delhi but also by an overwhelming …

Mehbooba Mufti in 2018: Fallout of Burhan Wani death and 'thoughtless' BJP alliance damaged PDP prospects in Kashmir
6 years ago

Mehbooba Mufti in 2018: Fallout of Burhan Wani death and 'thoughtless' BJP alliance damaged PDP prospects in Kashmir

Firstpost  

Disintegration of Mehbooba Mufti and her party PDP began in the summer of 2018 after BJP pulled the rug from beneath the so-called Kashmir-centric coalition government. Analysts argued that Mehbooba lacked her father’s skills to take everyone along, but her leaders and workers believed that she was also the only one in the PDP who gets along well with all …

Mehbooba Mufti needs to keep PDP flock together; cracks in party could turn fighting J&K polls into distant dream
6 years ago

Mehbooba Mufti needs to keep PDP flock together; cracks in party could turn fighting J&K polls into distant dream

Firstpost  

With the Jammu and Kashmir elections approaching, Mehbooba Mufti not only has to win back the trust of her disgruntled PDP MLAs, but also prove worth being re-elected. On Tuesday, in the eighth such recent development for the PDP, three seniors leaders of the party — including two former ministers in Mehbooba’s cabinet — quit the PDP, with two of …

BJP demands action against parties boycotting J&K local body polls
6 years, 3 months ago

BJP demands action against parties boycotting J&K local body polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Jammu: The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on Saturday demanded de-recognition and withdrawal of symbol of the parties which have announced that they will boycott the upcoming urban local bodies and panchayat polls in the state. Four parties -- National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party, Communist Party of India and Bahujan Samaj Party -- have announced that they will be boycotting …

Decision on Jammu and Kashmir local body elections to be taken by governor in today's State Advisory Council
6 years, 4 months ago

Decision on Jammu and Kashmir local body elections to be taken by governor in today's State Advisory Council

Firstpost  

The move comes as major political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, such as the PDP and National Conference, have announced their boycott of the elections. A formal decision is likely to be taken by the State Advisory Council headed by Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday. The move comes as major political parties in the state, such …

Article 35A row: PDP to boycott panchayat, municipal polls
6 years, 4 months ago

Article 35A row: PDP to boycott panchayat, municipal polls

India TV News  

The PDP, which till recently was an ally of the BJP, Monday announced it will boycott forthcoming urban local body and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the security situation was not conducive for holding these polls. Reading from the resolution, she said the PDP has noted with concern that the situation created by linking local body elections to …

Panchayat, ULB elections to be held as per schedule, says Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary despite NC, PDP boycott call
6 years, 4 months ago

Panchayat, ULB elections to be held as per schedule, says Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary despite NC, PDP boycott call

Firstpost  

Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam’s remarks came after NC and PDP announced to boycott the polls owing to the situation concerning Article 35A Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam on Monday said that Panchayat and municipal polls will proceed as scheduled on 5 November. Attending an awami darbar in Kulgam district, according to a report in Greater …

Will boycott panchayat, 2019 Lok Sabha polls if Centre doesn't clear its stand on Article 35A, 370, threatens Farooq Abdullah
6 years, 4 months ago

Will boycott panchayat, 2019 Lok Sabha polls if Centre doesn't clear its stand on Article 35A, 370, threatens Farooq Abdullah

India TV News  

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has threatened that his party will boycott the upcoming panchayat polls in the state as well as the 2019 Lok Sabha polls if the Centre doesn't clear its stand on Article 35A and Article 370. "We will not only boycott panchayat elections but also Lok Sabha and Assembly …

PDP hopes Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik will conduct all-party meet for ULB, panchayat elections
6 years, 4 months ago

PDP hopes Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik will conduct all-party meet for ULB, panchayat elections

Firstpost  

Mehbooba Mufti’s tweets came a little over an hour after PDP’s arch rival National Conference announced it will not participate in ULB and panchayat elections Srinagar: The Peoples Democratic Party Wednesday said it was hopeful that Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik will convene an all-party meeting on holding of urban local body and panchayat elections in the state. …

National Conference to boycott local body, panchayat polls in J&K; Farooq Abdullah asks Centre to clarify stand on Article 35A
6 years, 4 months ago

National Conference to boycott local body, panchayat polls in J&K; Farooq Abdullah asks Centre to clarify stand on Article 35A

Firstpost  

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday announced that the party will not participate in the Panchayat polls conference until and unless the Government of India and the state government make their position clear on article 35A. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday announced that the party will not participate in the panchayat and urban local bodies elections until …

Kashmiri separatists call for boycott of panchayat and municipal polls, say Centre doesn't believe in empowering people
6 years, 4 months ago

Kashmiri separatists call for boycott of panchayat and municipal polls, say Centre doesn't believe in empowering people

Firstpost  

A statement in this regard was issued after a meeting of the so-called Joint Resistance Leadership comprising separatists Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik at Geelani’s residence in Hyderpora. Srinagar: Separatists in Kashmir on Monday called for a boycott of panchayat and urban local bodies polls scheduled to be held from October. It alleged that the …

Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls spark political slugfest; parties set to field proxy candidates to test electoral mood
6 years, 5 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls spark political slugfest; parties set to field proxy candidates to test electoral mood

Firstpost  

Though Jammu and Kashmir local bodies’ elections will not be fought on a party basis, major parties will field proxy candidates to test the electoral mood. As Shafiq Mir, chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference said: “Though these polls are more social than political in nature, political parties do field proxy candidates.” The main battles will inevitably be …

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