The BJP’s “proxies” in the Kashmir Lok Sabha elections

“We held many meetings with the prime minister and home minister before launching the party, and (Ajit) Doval was our master to facilitate these meetings,” said an Apni Party leader.

#kashmir #LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #ApniParty #PeoplesConference #NarendraModi #AmitShah #AjitDoval #article370abrogation #india

https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/bjp-proxies-srinagar-kashmir-lok-sabha-elections

There is no Journalistic freedom in Jammu & Kashmir: Anuradha Bhasin

Anuradha Bhasin, Managing Editor of the ‘Kashmir Times’ and author of the book ‘A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir after Article 370’, published by Harper Collins India (2022), in conversation with journalist Amit Sengupta.

#interview #AnuradhaBhasin #kashmir #BJP #ApniParty #PDP #LokSabhaElection2024 #ladakh #PressFreedom #KashmirTimes #article370abrogation #india

https://countercurrents.org/2024/05/there-is-no-journalistic-freedom-in-jammu-kashmir-anuradha-bhasin/

From Ghulam Nabi Azad's DAP to Shah Faesal's JKPM, a Trail of Crumbling New Parties in J&K

In a region where electoral politics is regarded with cynicism, the departure of 17 leaders from Azad's new party is another example of how unfriendly the political environment is for new parties.

#kashmir #DAP #JKPM #GhulamNabiAzad #KashmirPolitics #ApniParty #MastIndia #india

https://thewire.in/politics/ghulam-nabi-azad-shah-faesal-jammu-kashmir-new-parties