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Lotus blooms in J&K?

BJP celebrates win in local polls;

PagD bags maximum seats

BJP emerges as the single-largest party with 75 seats; Farooq Abdullah-led alliance gets 112

Our Bureau
Jammu/Srinagar
P eople’s Alliance for

Gupkar
Declaration
(PAGD), led by Farooq
Abdullah, bagged 112 seats
in the first-ever elections to
the 280 District Development
Councils (DDCs) while BJP
emerged as the single-largest
party winning 75 seats as the
counting of votes is underway.
The PAGD comprises of
seven parties- Jammu and
Kashmir National Confer-
ence (NC), People’s Demo-
cratic Party (PDP), Hakeem
Mohammad Yaseen Shah’s
Jammu and Kashmir Peo-
ple Democratic Front (PDF),
Communist Party of India
(Marxist), Javid Mustafa’s
Jammu and Kashmir People
Movement (JKPM), Sajjad Union minister of state for Finance and corporate affairs Anurag Thakur, shows a victory sign after BJP perfor-
Lone’s Jammu and Kashmir mance in DDc elections, in Jammu on wednesday. (ANI)
People’s Conference (JKPC)
and Muzaffar Shah’s Awami Jammu and Kashmir BJP emerged as the single largest kar Alliance was formed be-
National Conference. Accord- chief Ravinder Raina said that party in the recently held Dis- cause a component of the alli-
ing to the tally at 9.30 am by his party has performed well trict Development Council ance knew that they could not
Jammu and Kashmir State and has a clear majority in six (DDC) election, saying that fight the BJP single-handed,”
Election Authority, NC won districts in Jammu. the lotus had bloomed in the Prasad said, adding that the
67, PDP-27, PDF-2, CPIM-5, “BJP has performed well. Valley. BJP had received more votes
JKPM-3, JKPC-8 in the DDC We have a clear majority in “The District Development than the National Conference,
elections which were held in six districts in Jammu. Many Council elections in Jammu the People’s Democratic Party,
eight phases. independents have won there. and Kashmir can be surmised and the Congress combined.
Congress secured 26 seats, It was BJP versus all. I think as a victory of democracy and “We are very proud of the
Altaf Bukhari’s Jammu and the way we have come up sug- a victory for the people. It is people of Jammu and Kash-
Kashmir Apni Party registered gests that we have won. Seven also a victory of hope and of a mir and we congratulate party
victory on 12 seats while In- parties together were against greater narrative of the union workers in the Valley for their
dependent candidates won on BJP,” Raina told ANI. territory, which PM Modi had hard work,” he added.
49 seats. Other parties include Union Law Minister Ravi thought about. The lotus has But, two days after District
Jammu and Kashmir National Shankar Prasad on Wednes- bloomed in the Valley,” he Development Council (DDC)
Panthers Party (JKNPP) which day congratulated the peo- said at a press conference. results were declared, Nation-
won 2 seats while BSP secured ple of Jammu and Kashmir “The BJP won the most al Conference (NC) leader
one seat. after Bharatiya Janata Party number of votes. The Gup- Continued on next page... >>

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