Tag: Farooq Abdullah

I never thought I would be repaid in this fashion... We never revolted against India, says former J&K Chief Minister As National Conference president Farooq Abdullah takes the lead by rallying parties around the Gupkar Declaration to revive politics in J&K, which has by and large remained suspended after ...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday praised the “unity and courage” of the mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir that released a statement on Saturday, vowing to fight collectively against the revocation of the erstwhile state’s special status. The six parties include the Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference, ...

Six political parties including the National Conference, Congress, and the Peoples Democratic Party, on Saturday vowed to fight collectively against the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, Greater Kashmir reported. The parties, in a joint statement, described the Centre’s decision to alter the region’s status under Article 370 ...

SRINAGAR: Making clear there can be "nothing about us without us" in Jammu and Kashmir, six mainstream political parties termed abrogation of special status of the erstwhile state as a "spitefully shortsighted" and "grossly unconstitutional" move and pledged a combined effort for restoration of the pre-August 5 position of ...

The parties reiterated that they are bound, wholly, by the contents of the ‘Gupkar Declaration’, a resolution issued after an all-party meeting on August 4, 2019 at the Gupkar residence of NC president Farooq Abdullah. (IE photo)Political parties in Kashmir on Saturday unanimously resolved to fight for restoration of ...

Farooq Abdullah also paid a visit to the Charar-e-Sharief in Budgam district. (File)Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah held a meeting on Friday with the second batch of party leaders who were under detention for over a year, a party spokesperson said."Round two of the meeting at the ...

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Congress Chairperson Farooq Abdullah on Friday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led government over its move to strip the erstwhile state of its special status under Article 370. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Abdullah said that the Centre cannot be ...

India and China on Thursday held another round of border talks aimed at breaking the impasse along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with complete disengagement still remaining a far-off prospect and both sides appearing prepared for the long haul.India maintained a cautious approach to the announcement of Russian vaccine Sputnik V, ...

It was the first meeting after August 5, 2019; “It’s sad how we have normalised this illegal detention,” says Omar Abdullah. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday allowed four senior National Conference leaders to attend a meeting called by party president Farooq Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar. ...

The Lok Sabha member was talking to reporters at his residenceNational Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said the party would discuss and review the political agenda with regard to Jammu and Kashmir only after all leaders including former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti have been set free. “The aim ...