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Elections

This section is a window to the Parliamentary, Assembly, Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies elections in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

MUF’s Mind

After conceiving and creating Muslim United Front, turbulent nineties pushed ideologue Dr Ghulam Qadir Wani to the other Kashmir. Throughout his life, this brilliant...

Briefing

MUF Gains MUF had contested 40 segments, all in Kashmir. It won Islamabad (Mohammad Sayeed Shah), Kulgam (Abdul Razak Mir), Homshalibugh (Ghulam Nabi Sumji) and...

Letter From The Editor

With your support, we have completed seven years of uninterrupted publication. We have maintained the tradition of dedicating the anniversary issue to a theme...

MUFfed

The rise of Muslim United Front (MUF) at the peak of a disconnect between Delhi and Srinagar led to unprecedented participation in the 1987...

Future Perfect

The upcoming Rajya Sabha elections for four vacant seats of J&K have unfolded the future political alliances including the first ever contrasting one. Shah...

Absorbed, Not Accepted

To start afresh, a number of senior government officials joined politics seeking rebirth through EVMs in recent elections, but failed. Safwat Zargar reports how...

Connection Lost…

The recent assembly election results had more shockers than surprises for contestants. Saima Bhat tries to find out the shortest way to a voter’s...

Mufti’s Last Gamble?

After giving PDP the highest ever seats in a hung house, nobody knows why there is inordinate delay in setting up of a government...

EVM Debate

The question that everybody seems to be asking after recent poll results in J&K, is how has BJP taken Chenab Valley? With a number...

‘Secular’ (Hand)Shake

From 61 in 1967 to 12 seats in 2014, the Indian National Congress’s ‘hand’ has lost its touch of ‘secularism’ in the state over...

Surprising Chenab

With BJP winning 4 out of 6 seats from Muslim majority Chenab Valley the shock is palpable in the region that remains divided on...

PDP Qualms

After sweeping all three Lok Sabah seats from Kashmir valley following state assembly elections seemed a cake-walk for PDP. But that was not the...

A Panther Without Dots

After sweeping small regional parties out of politics in mainland India, BJP bulldozed a few in Jammu and Kashmir too.  With Bhim Singh’s Panther’s...

Maverick In A Web

A fractured verdict has given Mufti Sayeed led PDP 28 seats. With BJP getting solid 25 seats from Jammu and the rest of the...

Ah Elections!

On Tuesday as results started to pour in there were more surprises and shockers than revelations in one of the most closely fought state...