{"id":4034,"date":"2025-11-15T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:39:09","slug":"see-budgam-by-poll-result-in-wider-context-speaker-rather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/see-budgam-by-poll-result-in-wider-context-speaker-rather\/","title":{"rendered":"See Budgam by-poll result in wider context: Speaker Rather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Srinagar, Nov 15:\u00a0<\/strong>Jammu &amp; Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker and senior National Conference (NC) leader Abdul Rahim Rather on Saturday said the party&#8217;s defeat in the Budgam by-election should not be viewed in isolation, but in a broader political context. He asserted that the votes secured by the winning PDP candidate were not entirely the party\u2019s own.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Rather said the outcome was \u201cunfortunate\u201d and called for a thorough investigation into alleged malpractices. \u201cThis should be investigated thoroughly, and legal action must be taken against whoever is involved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the NC\u2019s loss in Budgam for the first time, Rather said elections naturally involve victories and defeats. \u201cWe must accept the people\u2019s verdict. Winning and losing are part of democracy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker, who clarified that he is no longer active in politics, analysed the vote pattern of the by-election. \u201cIn 2024, PDP secured 17,500 votes. At that time, neither Maulvi Sahib nor Maulvi Iftikhar Sahib\u2019s supporters were with them. Today, all those votes have come together, reaching around 21,000. They have only gained 3,500 votes. These are not PDP votes; these belong to their candidates and their families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the alleged harassment of doctors during the poll process, the senior NC leader said the matter should be left to legal authorities. \u201cCourts should investigate and determine who was involved and who was not. No innocent person should be harassed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether NC leaders would be able to address public grievances, he said the turnout at public meetings demonstrated the expectations people have from their representatives<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Nov 15:\u00a0Jammu &amp; Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker and senior National Conference (NC) leader Abdul Rahim Rather on Saturday said the party&#8217;s defeat in the Budgam by-election should not be viewed in isolation, but in a broader political context. He asserted that the votes secured by the winning PDP candidate were not entirely the party\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4035,"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-4034","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\/4034","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=4034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4036,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4034\/revisions\/4036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}