{"id":3936,"date":"2025-11-14T17:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=3936"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:16:32","slug":"budgam-by-poll-a-win-born-from-neglect-aga-muntazir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/budgam-by-poll-a-win-born-from-neglect-aga-muntazir\/","title":{"rendered":"Budgam By-Poll : A win born from neglect: Aga Muntazir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Srinagar, Nov 14:\u00a0<\/strong>Newly elected legislator from Budgam, Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi on Friday said his victory in Budgam by-election is the outcome of \u201c50 years of hard work\u201d and reflects the people\u2019s response to the \u201cneglect\u201d they faced in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after securing a decisive win for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehdi said the mandate carries a message that political change in Jammu &amp; Kashmir would begin from Budgam. \u201cThis is a result of our hard work of 50 years. The way people of Budgam were neglected in 2024, today the people of Budgam have given a befitting reply,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mehdi added that the by-election result would have wider political implications across the Union Territory. \u201cIf we want to bring about a change in the lives of the people of J&amp;K, it will start with Budgam,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the verdict sends a clear signal to the National Conference (NC), which had held the constituency for decades. \u201cToday\u2019s verdict will force the National Conference to fulfil the promises it made to the people of J&amp;K,\u201d Mehdi said.<\/p>\n<p>PDP\u2019s win marks the party\u2019s first-ever victory in Budgam, ending the NC\u2019s long-standing control over the seat<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Nov 14:\u00a0Newly elected legislator from Budgam, Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi on Friday said his victory in Budgam by-election is the outcome of \u201c50 years of hard work\u201d and reflects the people\u2019s response to the \u201cneglect\u201d they faced in 2024. Speaking to reporters after securing a decisive win for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehdi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3973,"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-3936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936","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=3936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3938,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3936\/revisions\/3938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}