Jammu and Kashmir chief minister allocates finance portfolio to his National Conference colleague Abdul Rahim Rather and Housing and Urban Development to Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand of coalition partner Congress.
The sixth and penultimate round of balloting to pick a new Assembly in J& K ended peacefully with about 63 per cent of the electorate turning out to vote.
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This is the victory of the BJP and its government's policies specially the welfare measures taken by the ruling party for the people of the state. It is a victory of 6.5 crore people of the state.
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
The BJP has fielded him against Sheila Dikshit from New Delhi
constituency. Shyamlal Yadav spoke to him on the strategy he is following to win the polls.
Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir (National Conference)
His father Sheikh Abdullah was also the chief minister of the state. Farooq became president of the National Conference in 1981 and later became chief minister.
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Is Amarnath an issue in the recent elections? The Kashmiris should draw inspiration from the Amercians and vote in large numbers. This is their chance to make their voices heard. Though a lot remains to be done for the development in 'Indian Kashmir', if opportunity is given all 'Pakistani Kashmiris' will be migrate to India.
As the winter chill sets in, political temperatures are rising in the states getting ready to vote in their assemblies and complete the electoral process before the year is out.
Currently the score card in the four highprofile states situated in the Hindi heartland - and where the fight is directly between Congress and the BJP - is 3:1 in BJPs favour.
