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Anees Zargar, Sagrika Kissu
2020: A Year of Blowback for Kashmir’s Mainstream Parties
31 Dec 2020
Observers say the politics of J&K has been immensely impacted since August 5 last year, in which period there have been attempts to invisibilise political discourse.
Luv Puri
DDC Polls: Democracy Hits the Ground Running, and a Chasm also Widens
27 Dec 2020
The voting pattern worryingly indicates a growing religious polarisation between Jammu and Kashmir.
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.
Sagrika Kissu, Anees Zargar
J&K DDC Polls: PAGD Sweeps Polls with 110 Seats Defeating BJP’s Political Aims
23 Dec 2020
The results for the first ever elections post abrogation of Article 370 were announced across 278 out of total 280 seats in the union territory as the State Election Commission (SEC) withheld the…
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%.
PTI
Mehbooba, Daughter Allegedly Under House Arrest; NC Slams J&K Admin
27 Nov 2020
Omar Abdullah accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of treating personal liberty as a favour.
Anees Zargar
Kashmir: PDP Leader Arrested by NIA Days After Filing Nomination for DDC Polls
25 Nov 2020
Waheed’s arrest, a party spokesperson said, was a sign of the “level of depravity to which the BJP and RSS can go to target and damage their political opponents.”
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: Gupkar Alliance Parties Clinch Seat-Sharing for DDC Polls, NC to Contest 21 in Valley
12 Nov 2020
The PDP, led by Mehbooba Mufti, will contest four, while Sajad Lone-led People's Conference will field candidates in two seats.
PTI
Militancy in Kashmir has Increased Under BJP Rule, Says Mehbooba Mufti
09 Nov 2020
PDP chief hits out at BJP government’s ‘double standards’ on talks with Pakistan, citing “eight rounds of talks with China which martyred our 20 soldiers.”