Anantnag Bypoll

Postponing Kashmir's Anantnag bypoll is a good idea, going ahead would have risked a bloodbath

The decision to postpone the by-election for the Anantnag seat is welcome. After the violence that accompanied the by-election for the Srinagar seat on Sunday, going ahead with Wednesday’s slated bypoll would have been bull-headed foolishness. Elections are meant to include people in the processes of governance, not for piling up bodies.

Anantnag bypoll: Voting deferred to 25 May as Kashmir Valley remains turbulent after Srinagar by-election

The Election Commission of India deferred the bypoll to Anantnag Parliamentary constituency to 25 May stating that situation is "not conducive to the holding of free and fair pole in the constituency on 12 April, as scheduled".

RK Nagar bypoll: EC seizes Rs 15 lakh in cash, 25 booked for distribution of money to voters

Meanwhile, videos of alleged money distribution in RK Nagar and markings made in the area to facilitate it are doing the rounds in social media and messaging app Whatsapp.

Ahead of Anantnag bypoll, Tassaduq Hussain Mufti tells News18 of his No 1 priority: Dialogue with youths

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's brother Tassaduq Mufti is contesting the Anantnag bypoll on 12 April

J&K by-polls: PDP faces internal turmoil as Shia MLA protests against key Mehbooba Mufti aide

The split within the PDP came to the fore on Friday with party’s important Shia leader protesting against Mehbooba Mufti's aide chairing party leaders' meet.

Anantnag bypolls: Mehbooba Mufti wins by huge margin

After the seventh round of counting, Mehbooba Mufti is leading by 9,000 votes over Congress candidate Hilal Ahmad Shah.

Mehbooba Mufti confident of victory, tours Anantnag constituency amid polling

Visibly confident of her victory, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday toured many of the polling booths in Anantnag Assembly constituency.