Gupkar Declaration

People need both patience and tolerance and unless these two things are there, no alliance can succeed

Abdullah, who is chairperson of PAGD, has hinted his party will fight the next assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir together with the constituents of the new coalition to defeat "communal forces"

A meeting of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) was underway at its chairman and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah's residence on Thursday

The demand for restoration of statehood before elections is likely to have popular support both in Jammu and in the Kashmir Valley

Fourteen leaders from Jammu and Kashmir have been invited to the meeting to be chaired by the PM to discuss the future course of action for the union territory

Lone said the party decided to part ways over the issue of fielding proxy candidates by constituent parties against the officially mandated candidates of the alliance during DDC polls

The seven-party Gupkar alliance led by Farooq Abdullah was ahead in the seat tally in the maiden District Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir by winning or leading in 112 seats out of 280

Announce formation of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration

The Congress on Friday demanded restoration of Article 370 and the rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir and welcomed the coming together of mainstream regional parties of the Union Territory. Senior Congress spokesperson P Chidambaram said the Centre must also stop looking at the mainstream political parties and the people of Jammu and Kashmir as "anti-national". The assertion comes a day after mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir held a meeting and formed an alliance for restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state as it existed before August 5 last year and also to initiate a dialogue between all stakeholders on the issue. "The coming together of mainstream regional parties of J&K to fight a constitutional battle to restore the rights of the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh is a development that must be welcomed by all the people of India," he said on Twitter. "The Congress also resolutely stands for restoration of the status and rights of the people

NC president Farooq Abdullah said Peoples' Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, which is fighting for restoration of special status to J&K, is an anti-BJP platform but not an anti-national one

India will run on the Constitution, not BJP's manifesto, she said.

Jammu's problem is compounded by the fact that any industry that invests is more likely to do so in Jammu than the volatile Valley, and so their risk of land loss to "development" is high, says Kumar

The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Friday "unequivocally and unambiguously" condemned the killing of three BJP workers in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. "Political differences cannot justify the use of violence. Violence has always and will crowd out sanity. We will always fight aggression in all its forms irrespective of the source of aggression, PAGD spokesperson Sajad Lone said in a statement. Expressing grief over the incident, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said people of Jammu and Kashmir were paying with their lives for the policies of the Centre. "Saddened to hear about the killing of three BJP workers in Kulgam. Condolences to their families. At the end of the day, its people of J&K who pay with their lives because of GOI's ill thought out policies," she tweeted. NC vice-president Omar Abdullah termed the incident a "terrible news." "Terrible news from Kulgam district of South Kashmir. I unequivocally condemn the targeted killing of the 3 BJP workers

It is "new" because unlike the "old" Hurriyat it is free of Pakistan's influence. It does not seek "independence" or merger with Pakistan