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| Rahul accuses BJP of sidelining J&K natives, empowering outsiders | | Promises statehood, regularization of daily wagers, free electricity to people living near power projects | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 4: Congress stalwart and the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi kick-started the campaign for Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir by vociferously raking up the highly sensitive issue of locals versus non-locals to paddle party’s narrative to corner the BJP.
“You are not only robbed of statehood but outsiders are also snatching your wealth”, Rahul Gandhi said while kickstarting the election campaign from the Sangaldan area of the Ramban which is part of the Banihal Assembly segment.
During his first public meeting, Rahul Gandhi made it a point to rake up local versus non-local issues to mobilize the party’s support in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Locals are not getting benefits of developmental activities as contracts have been given to the outsiders”, Rahul Gandhi said and added that only statehood has been snatched but the rights of the residents of J&K have also been snatched as outsiders are looting the wealth of the locals.
As some hydroelectric projects are situated in the Ramban district, Rahul Gandhi availed this opportunity to raise th... | |
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| As Rahul lands in J&K Cong “files” chargesheet against BJP | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 4: Within minutes of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi landed in Jammu and Kashmir to kick start the election campaign for Assembly elections, Congress unveiled a damning charge sheet against the BJP, detailing its alleged failures in governance over the past decade.
The charge sheet, titled “Kya Khoya, Kya Paya? Jammu and Kashmir Chargesheet: Sab Kuch Khoya, Kuch Nahi Paya,” presents a bleak picture of Jammu and Kashmir under BJP rule. ... | |
| | | | ECI enforces exit poll ban | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 4: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has prohibited the conduct of any exit polls by media outlets during the Assembly Elections-2024 for Jammu and Kashmir under Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The exit poll ban on election results, according to notification, starts from the beginning of hours fixed for poll on the first day of poll and continues till half an hour after the closing of the poll in J&K.
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections are scheduled to commence from 18 September 2024 in 3 Phases across the Union Territory.
A notification issued today stated that the schedule for the ongoing General Elections to ... | |
| | | | Omar files nomination papers from Ganderbal | | Says BJP investing in independents to form Govt | | |
Early Times Report
GANDERBAL, Sept 4: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday filed nomination papers from the Ganderbal assembly seat. Abdullah, accompanied by senior leaders of the party and his sons, filed the papers before the returning officer at the Mini-Secretariat here. He reached the Mini-Secretariat sitting atop a vehicle, surrounded by a huge number of enthusiastic supporters.
This marks the return of the NC leader to the constituency that he represented from 2009 to 2014 when he was the chief minister of the NC-Congress coalition government in the erstwhile state of J-K.
He fought and won the 2014 assembly polls from Beerwah assembly seat in centra... | |
| | | | Forged alliance with Cong to counter BJP’s divisive politics: Farooq | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar/Dooru), Sept 4: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said his party entered into an alliance with the Congress for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir to counter the BJP’s “communal and divisive politics”. The former chief minister made the remarks while addressing an election rally in support of Congress candidate G A Mir from Dooru seat in south Kashmir. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was also present at the stage.
“They (BJP) are dividing people in the name of religion. That’s why we forged this alliance. We want a life full of dignity. So we all have to come together,” Abdullah said.
He urged the National Conference voters to v... | |
| | | | Centre plans 74 new tunnels | | |  NEW DELHI, Sep 4:
Agencies
In a move to bolster the highway network across the country, the government is planning to build 74 new tunnels at a projected expense of Rs 1 lakh crore over the next few years.
The government has already completed 35 tunnels spanning 49 kms at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore, and now plans to build new tunnels stretching 273 kms.
In the meantime, the country has significantly strengthened its tunnelling infrastructure, with 69 tunnels covering a total of 134 kms... | |
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