Anantnag Bypolls

PDP appeals to EC to postpone Anantnag bypoll amid violence in Jammu and Kashmir

PDP appealed the Election Commission to postpone the Anantnag bypoll in lieu of the violence in the state. "This is not the right time for the polls...have informed the party of my request," say Tasduq Mufti, chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's brother, reported Times Now.

Kashmir Bypolls: NC, Congress alliance symbolises deceit, treachery, says PDP minister Naeem Akhtar

Akhtar said the NC-Congress alliance has always brought "miseries and added to the sufferings" of people. The two parties have understood that they cannot stand alone against PDP

Anantnag bypolls: Voting starts on a dull note

The Anantnag seat fell vacant after the former Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed passed away.

Anantnag bypolls to be a tightrope walk for Mehbooba Mufti

Separatists have called for a boycott of the Anantnag polls and there has been a deadly hit-and-run attack by militants in the town earlier this month.

EC postpones Anantnag bypoll to 22 June citing security issues

The by-election to the Anantnag Assembly seat, from where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is seeking election, has been postponed from 19 June to 22 June.