The BJP ’s decision to skip 28 seats in the Valley has come despite the party’s senior leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah announcing that it will contest all the 90 Assembly seats in J&K — and party leaders claiming that they will form the government in the Union territory.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the "three families" of Jammu and Kashmir politics amid the ongoing assembly elections. In a veiled dig at the Abdullahs, the Muftis, and the Gandhis, PM Modi said that the three families used to snatch the rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.

On September 23, Gandhi will address a public rally in support of J-K Congress unit president and former minister Tariq Hamid Karra in Shalteng constituency in Srinagar, and another in the Surankote constituency in Poonch district during the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir elections, a party leader said.

The disputed Indian-controlled region of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday kicked off its assembly elections in a decade. Kashmiri polling officials carry sealed Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and Vote

On September 4, Rahul addressed multiple poll rallies in Jammu and Kashmir regions, where he claimed that the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc had psychologically defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi who “has lost the confidence of people of the country.”

Srinagar: Voting began for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, first time since the abrogation of Article 370, as 24 constituencies spread over seven districts of the

Voter turnout has historically been low in Kashmir, but many young Kashmiris now want local representation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The first phase of the Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday in 24 constituencies across seven districts witnessed 11.11 per cent voter turnout until 9 am, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).