The Jammu &Kashmir National Panthers Party is a socialist and secular state political party in the state of Jammu and Kashmir,India. The party was founded on 23 March 1982 by husband and wife Prof. Bhim Singh and Jay Mala,Its aim is to "demolish corruption,communalism,criminalization,drug menace" and to establish a real democracy through ultimate revolution. Panthers party has maintained power at assembly and the local level for over four decades in its stronghold within the mountainous Udhampur constituency,where in the vicinity 5.9 million tonnes of Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves,the 7th largest known reserve in the world,with an estimated value of $500 billion,was discovered in February 2023.
The Aam Aadmi Party is a political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions,following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then Indian government of Indian National Congress. The AAP is currently the governing party in the Indian state of Punjab and the union territory of Delhi. On 10 April 2023,the AAP was officially granted the status of national party by the ECI. The party's election symbol is a broom. The party is currently part of the coalition I.N.D.I.A. Recently popular UPSC educator Awadh Ojha joins AAP
Chenab Valley is a term refers to present-day districts of Doda,Kishtwar,Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir. These three districts used to be part of a single former district called Doda,which was created in 1948 out of the eastern parts of Udhampur district of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,and are sometimes collectively referred to as the Doda belt.
Dinesh Mohaniya is an Indian politician belonging to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He is an MLA from Sangam Vihar constituency. He defeated the BJP candidate Shiv Charan Lal Gupta and Congress candidate Jag Parvesh in the 2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.
Saurabh Bharadwaj is an Indian politician from the Aam Aadmi Party,representing Greater Kailash constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was the Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and Minister of Health,Urban development and water since 9 March 2023. He was stripped of his positions on 8 August 2023 and his ministries were given to PWD chief Atishi. He is also the National Chief Spokesperson Of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Ajay Dutt is an Indian legislator from Dr. Ambedkar Nagar constituency in the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi.
Amanatullah Khan is an Indian politician and is member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Okhla of Delhi in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. Khan is the elected chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board since November 2020.
Atishi Marlena Singh,,is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 8th Chief Minister of Delhi since 21 September 2024,after the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal. She belongs to the Aam Aadmi Party and is a member of its Political Affairs Committee,the governing body of the party. Prior to her appointment as the chief minister,she also served as the Minister of Education,P.W.D,Culture and Tourism in the Delhi Government. Previously,she served as advisor to the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi,Manish Sisodia,primarily on education,from July 2015 to 17 April 2018. Atishi is one of only two women currently serving as a chief minister in India,along with Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal.
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party,who is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of Indian parliament. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha by the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2022. He served as the former Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Rajendra Nagar constituency from 2020 till 2022. He is also a working chartered accountant.
Shakti Raj Parihar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Parihar is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Doda West Vidhan Sabha in Doda district and a former Minister of State (MoS) in the BJP-PDP Government.
Harsh Dev Singh is an Indian politician and advocate. He was Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party from 2012 to 2022. He won three elections serving as MLA for Ramnagar,constituency for 18 continuous years from 1996 till 2014. Under his tenure as the Minister of Education of Jammu and Kashmir from 2002 to 2008,English became a compulsory language from first grade. Harsh Dev joined Aam Aadmi Party on 7 May 2022,and on 17 October 2022 he became AAP chairman in Jammu and Kashmir. On 16 Feb 2023,he resigned from AAP and rejoined Panthers Party to revive it. On April 4,he was elected President of Panthers Party.
Yash Paul Kundal is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress in Jammu and Kashmir. He was the state president of Young Panthers,the youth wing of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has twice been a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,and was the Minister of Animal and Sheep Husbandry from 2002 to 2008. On 8 April 2022,he joined Aam Admi Party.
Balwant Singh Mankotia is an Indian politician and the former President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party. He has been three times elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,holding office for over 12 years. He is a leading campaigner for secular values against the terrorist insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. On 29 September 2022,he joined Bhartiya Janata Party. He won the 2024 elections from Chenani Assembly constituency,a seat previously held by his uncle Bhim Singh,and defeating his cousin Harsh Dev Singh by a margin 15,611 votes.
Politics of Ladakh is exercised within democratic setup of the Indian-administered union territory of Ladakh. Major power centres are Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council,Leh and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council,Kargil alongside Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency. Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are major political parties. Ladakhi religious organisations like Ladakh Buddhist Association,Imam Khomeni Memorial Trust and Anjuman-e-Jamiat-ul-Ulama Asna Asharia have major influences as well.
Bhalessa is a geographical area within Doda district in the Jammu region of India-administered Kashmir. It consists of the Bunjwah and Bhalessa Valleys,and comprises the three Tehsils of Kahara,Chilly Pingal and Gandoh.
Kahara is a village and tehsil in the Doda district of the Jammu division of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated between mountainous cliffs 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Thathri on the Thathri-Gandoh road.
A District Development Council is a form of elected local government in Jammu and Kashmir facilitated by the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act,1989 and created under Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Rule,1996 of the constitution of India. They are primarily aimed at electing the members from the rural and urban areas for the District Planning Committee and the councils themselves with fourteen members from each district for speedy development and economic upliftment.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir from 18 September to 1 October 2024 in 3 phases to elect 90 members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The results of the elections were announced on 8 October 2024. The INDIA alliance,consisting of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC),the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist),won a majority of seats in the election,winning 49 of the 90 seats for which elections were held,with the JKNC winning the highest number of seats.
Devender Singh Rana was an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was an MLA from Nagrota,Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency in Jammu district as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Second Omar Abdullah ministry was formed on 16 October 2024,following the elections of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2024,with Omar Abdullah as Chief Minister.
