Jammu, March 8 -- Mending fences with the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Union Territory is touching new heights of development and breathing freely after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
The Valley, along with Jammu and Ladakh, will exercise its franchise for the first time in mainstream elections this Lok Sabha since the Abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. All political parties, national to regional, from the BJP to the Congress, the National Conference to the PDP, are bracing up for a tough contest, a litmus test that would indicate which way the people of region think and vote. While the BJP is putting up an indomitable face along with its allies, its regional rivals like the NC and ...