Budgam heads to the ballot amid dissent, rivalries, and rifts within the influential Aga family. What started as a routine by-election has evolved into a contest over lineage, loyalty, and political identity, testing whether the JKNC’s old loyalties can endure internal tensions, sectarian undercurrents, and the opposition’s attempt to redraw the region’s political map, reports Syed Shadab Ali Gillani Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Less than a year after its last election, Budgam is heading back to the polls. The by-election, set for November 11 with counting on November 14, follows Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s decision to retain his ‘family’ Ganderbal seat and give up Budgam. Unlike 2024, this exercise, however, has exposed an internal fault line within th

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