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Anees Zargar
Define Role of Panches, BDCs to Avoid Conflict with MLAs, J&K Body Demands
14 Jan 2021
Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Raj Movement has also sought a hike in honorarium for local body representatives.
Subodh Varma
J&K DDC Polls: Defeat for BJP’s Dreams and Myths
25 Dec 2020
Results show that the end of Article 370 and demotion to a Union Territory has not been accepted universally, in both Kashmir and Jammu divisions.
Anees Zargar, Sagrika Kissu
J&K: Seventh Phase of DDC Polls Witnesses Over 57% Turnout
16 Dec 2020
Polling was held in as many as 31 constituencies, including 13 seats from Kashmir and 18 from Jammu division. In Kashmir Valley, 148 candidates were contesting in the seventh phase, including 34…
Anees Zargar
J&K Reports 51% Voting in 5th Phase of DDC Polls, Kashmir 34%
10 Dec 2020
In North Kashmir areas, Sajad Lone-led People’s Conference, which is a part of the People’s Alliance of Gupkar Declaration, holds a significant sway.
Anees Zargar, Sagrika Kissu
DDC Polls: J&K Reports 50% Turnout in Fourth Phase, Kashmir Valley at 32%
07 Dec 2020
The highest polling percentage was recorded at 75.03% in Doda area of the Chenab valley. The lowest was reported in south Kashmir’s Shopian district – at 1.96%.
Sagrika Kissu
DDC Polls: Most People in Jammu’s Dhoke Khalsa Want Village Development
01 Dec 2020
No COVID protocol followed as people throng voting booths in first major exercise after abrogation of Article 370.
Anees Zargar
Explained: The Importance of DDC Elections in J&K
26 Nov 2020
Polling will commence on Saturday in both Kashmir and Jammu. The polling exercise will take place in eight phases and will end on December 19, with results to be declared by December 22.
Anees Zargar
‘Vacillating' Congress Playing ‘Spoilsport’ in PAGD Ahead of DDC Polls
20 Nov 2020
Gupkar Alliance parties flay Congress for being an “apologetic party whose agenda is set by BJP.”
Anees Zargar
DDC Polls: A ‘Double-Edged Sword’ for Kashmir’s Mainstream Parties
15 Nov 2020
PDP leader Waheed ur Rehman Para said that their participation is an “act of self-preservation.”
PTI
J&K Political Parties Under Gupkar Alliance to Unitedly Fight DDC Elections
07 Nov 2020
Elections to District Development Councils and vacant posts of sarpanch and panch will be held in eight phases from December 1 to December 24.