{"id":32783,"date":"2026-10-16T18:40:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=32783"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:40:55","slug":"cm-omar-led-govt-has-failed-mp-khatana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/cm-omar-led-govt-has-failed-mp-khatana\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Omar led Govt has &#8216;failed&#8217;: MP Khatana\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Says BJP emerging as alternative<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kupwara, Oct 16:\u00a0<\/strong>Alleging that government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has failed to deliver despite receiving people\u2019s mandate, Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Ali Khatana on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party is emerging as \u201cstrong alternative\u201d for the masses in Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>MP Khatana, while talking to reporters here in North Kashmir said, \u201cPeople placed their trust in the NC, but the Omar led government failed to address their concerns. Water charges, electricity tariff hikes and opening a transfer industry are glaring examples of the government\u2019s shortcomings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the BJP is gradually expanding its political outreach in Kashmir despite facing challenges in the past. \u201cThere was a time when party workers faced social restrictions and diktats were issued against them. They (BJP workers) were not even allowed to sit in the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Khatana said the BJP has strengthened its presence in several parts of the Valley and had lost by narrow margins in places such as Shopian and Gurez, indicating that the party was gaining ground in the region.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the BJP\u2019s political engagement is not limited to electoral victories. \u201cParty continues to work among people irrespective of election results,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never work only for winning elections; we keep working for the people, as Jammu and Kashmir is the crown of the country,\u201d he said<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says BJP emerging as alternative Kupwara, Oct 16:\u00a0Alleging that government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has failed to deliver despite receiving people\u2019s mandate, Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Ali Khatana on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party is emerging as \u201cstrong alternative\u201d for the masses in Kashmir. MP Khatana, while talking to reporters here in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32784,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783\/revisions\/32784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}