News Topic:Bharatiya Janata Party

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.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said that Delimitation Commission must consider the topography, population and area of both regions of the erstwhile State before submitting its report so that elections could be held in a smooth manner.

Putting all speculations to rest, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said there is no question of formation of any advisory council or similar arrangement in Jammu & Kashmir.

Shedding inhibitions, BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav has pitched for restoring high-speed 4G Internet in Jammu and Kashmir to “pay the people for not pelting stones and shouting Azadi”.

With Jammu and Kashmir currently without Legislative Assembly, members of Lok Sabha from National Conference (NC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be nominated as associate members of the delimitation commission empowered to fix boundaries of Assembly segments in the newly carved out Union Territory.