Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, including the ruling National Conference (NC), on Thursday strongly condemned the State Investigation Agency’s (SIA) raids at the Jammu office of Kashmir Times, calling the action an attempt to exert pressure on the media.

Both the NC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleged that the raids reflected a broader pattern of intimidation aimed at silencing independent media voices in the Union Territory.

Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said that authorities must act only in cases involving concrete wrongdoing, and not “to create pressure on media”.

“If something illegal has been done, action should be taken against the promoters of the newspaper. But if the action is being carried out merely to create pressure, then it is wrong,” he told

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