PDP to boycott J&K panchayat polls over Article 35A
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti has announced that the party will boycott the upcoming panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir. She claimed there is an atmosphere of insecurity among the people in J&K with the "sword of Article 35A dangling on our heads". The Supreme Court will resume the hearing on validity of Article 35A after the elections.