The voter turnout in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections failed to match the voter turnout in the 2014 election when it was still a state and not a Union Territory.

Srinagar: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the BJP is raising the bogey of Pakistan to hide its "failures".

The Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir began on September 18, as scheduled by the Election Commission of India (ECI). This is the first election since 2019, when the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir was altered by the abrogation of Article 370,

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.

The first phase out of the three phases of polling has been completed on September 18. Phase 2 is on September 25 and Phase 3 on October 1.

SRINAGAR: Ahead of the 2nd and 3rd phase of Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are visiting Jammu region once again on September 21 to garner support for the party candidates.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are set to visit the Jammu region on September 21 to rally support for their candidates. Amit Shah, who recently held three back-to-back rallies in Jammu on September 16,

The candidate with the lowest declared assets is Independent Mohd Akram, contesting from the ST-reserved Surankote constituency, with assets worth just Rs 500.

Jammu and Kashmir will be governed by the Constitution of Dr B R Ambedkar, not by Jinnah's constitution," he said. Reddy emphasised that the BJP, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, has placed J&K on the path of development and restored peace by abrogating Article 370 on August 5,