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Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti asked the administration to “come clean on this”

We implore the Government of India to restart dialogue both with people of J&K and Pakistan to put an end to the bloodshed, says PDP

Rubaiya Sayeed was released from JKLF’s custody in exchange for militants.

Farooq Abdullah plays down the resolution passed by the National Conference that the party will go it alone in the polls rather than fight as part of the Gupkar alliance

Why is the new electoral rolls notice, which says voters will not need domicile certificates, opposed? 

Any Indian citizen living temporarily in the disputed Muslim-majority federal territory can be enlisted as a voter.

According to Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar, Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get around 25 lakh additional voters, including outsiders, after the special summary revision of electoral rolls being held for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370. Read further on Dynamite News:

Anyone who is living ordinarily in J&K can now also avail of the opportunity to get enlisted as a voter in the Union Territory, in accordance with the provisions of Representation of the Peoples Act

Final electoral rolls to also include those ‘ordinarily’ residing in J&K and voters who will attain the age of 18 as on October 1, 2022

Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the people of J&K accepted the Indian flag in October 1947 “but on certain conditions and constitutional guarantees

Three years ago on 5 August, Prime Minister Narender Modi’s government scrapped the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir abrogating Article 370 of the Indian constitution, which had allowed the region limited autonomy.