News Topic:Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Bandipora leader, Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and his brother were on Wednesday shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside their residence in Muslimabad area of Bandipora district.

Barely a few hours after Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani parted ways from the “Hurriyat forum” on Monday, top BJP leaders while welcoming the move, said that the aged leader's resignation was the biggest benefit of Article 370 abrogation.

Though Jammu Kashmir is directly controlled by New Delhi at present and there is no representative government in the erstwhile State, yet BJP units is Kashmir seem to exhort pressure on government officials and force them to even visit their homes to get the works of their workers done.

Police have arrested four accused while the BJP Panch is still evading arrest in connection with an alleged abduction and rape case.

Controversial former Deputy Mayor, Sheikh Imran on Monday called on J&K BJP General Secretary Ashok Koul at his Srinagar residence, apparently to garner support for him being elected as Srinagar Mayor.

Senior BJP leader and former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta Monday said liquor sale should be banned in Jammu and Kashmir.

At a time when military commanders of India and China are finding ways to de-escalate the tension between the two sides in the wake of deadly face-off in Galwan Valley in Ladakh that saw the killing of 20 Indian soldiers including an officer, senior BJP leader in Kashmir Sofi Muhammad Yousuf Wednesday strongly advocated “a surgical strike on China” to avenge the killings.

Hitting BJP-led Central Government left, right and centre, National Conference Additional General Secretary, Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal Thursday said that senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani always spoke truth about Kashmir.