It is not even a month since the NC came to power, and Omar's trusted MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who recently won the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat on NC’s ticket, has created ripples in the political scene of Kashmir.
Omar contested the election from North Kashmir’s Baramulla constituency where the jailed terror funding accused Engineer Rashid was leading by more than 2,04,528 votes over him.
BJP candidates Dr. Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma are leading in Udhampur and Jammu respectively.
Congress Working Committee (CWC) Member Ghulam Ahmad Mir also averred that lifting additional duties shall lead to economic distress, huge losses to J&K and Himachal fruit industry.
Mehbooba tweeted; "I welcome the SC verdict staying @RahulGandhi’s conviction in a case that had no legs to stand upon. Glad that he will be back in Parliament fighting for the idea of India".
The alleged rape attempt and subsequent murder of an eight-year-old girl of the nomadic shepherd community last month in the…
