INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Srinagar: People wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the second phase of Assembly elections, in Srinagar,
(Photo: PTI)3:54 PMNew record will likely be made in J-K elections, says Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Union Minister Gajendra
record of voting percentage is likely to be created.3:48 PMComplete mismanagement and unemployment in J&K, says Cong leader Supriya
Shrinate
"Breakthrough elections are going on in Jammu and Kashmir
J&K is electing for its future
There has been complete mismanagement and unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir for the last 10 years..
Their resources have been distributed among outsiders
The statehood was taken away
It has never happened in the history of independent India that the status of state was reduced to a Union Territory," Congress leader
Voting is taking place in areas where it did not take place earlier...
There were calls for disruption and boycott in the past...
It is a standing ovation for democracy," CEC Rajiv Kumar said in the presence of fellow election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir
Singh Sandhu.3:06 PMCong, its allies don't like peace; they want to bring back Article 370 in J-K: PM Modi at Haryana rally
PM Modi stated
today that hatred towards reservation is embedded in Congress's DNA and people must be cautious of its anti-reservation tactics.2:57
PMCentre wanted J-K to be run by outsiders and not locals, alleges Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the statehood was
snatched from J&K to benefit "outsiders" through Lt Governor
"As long as the Lt Governor is there, outsiders will benefit and the locals will be sidelined
This was the reason that statehood was snatched from J-K
They wanted J-K to be run by outsiders and not locals," he said.2:40 PMJammu and Kashmir Assembly elections: Almost 37% voter turnout till
1:00 pm
Officials stated that around 36% voter turnout was recorded till 11 am in the second phase of J&K Assembly elections.1:40 PMWill
come on roads to ensure J&K's statehood restored: Rahul Gandhi at rally
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that the government committed grave
discrimination against the people of J&K by downgrading the state to UT
Congress will come on the roads to ensure that statehood is restored, Gandhi added.1:36 PMI congratulate people for taking part in festival
of democracy: PM Modi
"Voting is taking place peacefully in J-K; I congratulate people for taking part in festival of democracy with great
enthusiasm," PM Modi said today at a rally in Haryana.1:13 PMJ&K Assembly polls: Women voters concerned about rising electricity bill
amounts
The election campaign of all the major political parties in Jammu and Kashmir revolved around the revocation and restoration of the
erstwhile state's special status but women voters are more worried about the rising electricity bill amounts
"The electricity supply has been destroyed and tariff meters have been installed
Now they say water consumption will also be metered," an elderly woman told the US Deputy Chief of Mission in Delhi, Jorgan K Andrews.12:47
PMJ-K Assembly elections: Voters enthusiastic, this is history in the making, says CEC Rajiv Kumar
"People are coming out to vote in large
This is a history in the making
We are very happy that the voting is taking place in the entire valley and Jammu with enthusiasm
Be it the valley of Srinagar, be it the high mountain peaks from where the calls for disruption used to come, everywhere people are coming
Even in areas where there used to be calls for boycotts, there is enthusiasm among voters
It is for the world to see that how the elections can take place in J&K in a peaceful, fair manner
PMVoter turnout in second phase will be higher than that the first, says Nirmal Singh
"I am confident that the voter turnout in the second
phase of J&K assembly elections will be higher than that of the first phase...People are coming out to vote in large numbers," BJP leader
voter turnout registered till 11 am in the second phase of J&K Assembly elections.11:47 AMJ&K elections LIVE update: PDP candidate from
Charari Sharief seat Ghulam Nabi Lone exercises his ballot
PDP candidate from Charari Sharief assembly constituency Ghulam Nabi Lone
slams Centre for inviting foreign diplomats
NC leader Omar Abdullah hit out at the central government for inviting foreign delegations to
witness the polling process, labelling them guided tourists
break 'chakravyuh of injustice': LoP Rahul Gandhi to people of J-K
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday told the
people that their every vote for the INDIA bloc will break the "chakravyuh of injustice" created by the BJP and bring J&K on the path of
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also urged the voters to think about the decade "lost in betrayal" and remember how their state was
downgraded to a Union Territory.First Published: Sep 25 2024 | 7:02 AMIST