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Gupkar Alliance faces setback in DDC polls, NC bastion Srinagar breached by Apni Party

Apni Party bags the chairperson and vice-chairperson in Srinagar and Shopian, despite winning just 12 seats across Kashmir in last year's DDC polls.

Sajad Lone’s Peoples Conference quits Gupkar Alliance, cites ‘breach of trust’ by partners

Lone’s party is first to break from Gupkar Alliance, which has been in the news amid murmurs of discontent among partners. The coalition will now be left with six members.

Gupkar Alliance with conflicting interests was unsustainable but split came sooner than expected

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‘People have been terrorised into silence. But you can’t buy peace through threats’ — Mehbooba

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti says political unity among J&K parties is key to opposing Modi govt’s decision to scrap Article 370.

3-month-old Gupkar Alliance on shaky ground as NC-CPM meeting with L-G widens rift

Leaders of PAGD insist the alliance is going strong even as resentment brews over the violation of seat-sharing agreement during DDC polls & the absence of a road map for Article 370 restoration.

J&K voted for development, Article 370 is a false narrative — Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari

Apni Party claims it will have at least six DDC chairpersons, setting it up as a formidable political contender to the Gupkar Alliance which won the most seats.

Win for democracy & development, says Shahnawaz Hussain who helped BJP open account in Kashmir

Shahnawaz Hussain camped in Kashmir for 33 days to oversee BJP’s campaign for the J&K DDC polls, in which it won three seats in the Valley for the first time.

Modi govt doing everything to restore grassroots democracy in J&K — Amit Shah on DDC polls

In a series of tweets, Home Minister Shah said the mass participation in the DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir reflects people's faith in democracy.

Congress puts up dismal show in J&K DDC polls, says could now support Gupkar alliance

The Congress won just 26 seats after fielding 157 candidates and had earlier refused to be a part of the seven-party Gupkar alliance.

Gupkar alliance leads in J&K DDC polls, BJP makes inroads into Kashmir with 3 seats

Of the 236 results declared so far, BJP has won 66 seats — mostly in Jammu where it’s strong — while PAGD & Independents have done well in Kashmir.

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INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.