A two-time MLA from Udhampur Balwant Singh Mankotia was annoyed with the party after Harsh Dev Singh joined AAP in May this year. Both Mankotia and Singh are former MLAs of the Panthers Party
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Hirdesh Kumar on Monday held a meeting with different political parties of J&K regarding the special summary revision of the electoral rolls in which the alleged addition of outsiders in voting list remained the main focus of most of the parties.
SRINAGAR, Aug 29: In an attempt to garner the support of more political and social parties against the inclusion of “non-locals” in Jammu and Kashmir’s electoral roll, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is holding an all-party meeting here next month. Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Monday said the meeting will take place under the leadership of PAGD president Farooq Abdullah at his Jammu residence and is scheduled for 2 pm on September 10. “The all-party meeting […]
JAMMU, Aug 28: Senior AAP leader and former minister Harsh Dev Singh on Sunday accused the BJP of misrepresenting and misinterpreting Representation of Peoples Act (RPA) to justify inclusion of non-local voters in Jammu and Kashmir. Singh, a lawyer by profession, claimed that sec-19 RPA Act nowhere states that a person can get registered himself as a voter outside his parent State or Union Territory merely on the ground that he is ordinarily residing there. Amid a major controversy over […]