{"id":350155,"date":"2024-09-16T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=350155"},"modified":"2024-09-16T07:15:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:45:29","slug":"engineer-rashids-awami-ittehad-party-and-jamaat-e-islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/engineer-rashids-awami-ittehad-party-and-jamaat-e-islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-jk\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineer Rashid\u2019s Awami Ittehad Party and Jamaat-e-Islami form pre-poll alliance in J&#038;K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-1536x874.png 1536w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-696x396.png 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-1068x608.png 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246-738x420.png 738w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/09\/Engineer-Rashids-Awami-Ittehad-Party-and-Jamaat-e-Islami-form-pre-poll-alliance-in-JK-e1726490678246.png 1540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a move that could reshape the political landscape in Jammu and Kashmir, the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) and the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) announced a pre-poll alliance ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections on Sunday. The alliance is seen as a significant challenge to the region&#8217;s traditional parties, such as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the collaboration as a \u201cstrategic alliance,\u201d an AIP spokesperson said the partnership is aimed at advancing the interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The deal was sealed following a meeting between AIP chief and Member of Parliament Engineer Rashid and a delegation from JeI, led by Ghulam Qadir Wani. Though JeI is banned from contesting elections directly, it has fielded independent candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The alliance will see AIP supporting JeI-backed candidates in Kulgam and Pulwama, while JeI will support AIP candidates across other constituencies in Kashmir. Both parties have agreed to a &#8220;friendly contest&#8221; in areas like Langate, Devsar, and Zainapora, while mutual support will be extended elsewhere to strengthen their electoral prospects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move that could reshape the political landscape in Jammu and Kashmir, the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) and the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) announced a pre-poll alliance ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections on Sunday. The alliance is seen as a significant challenge to the region&#8217;s traditional parties, such as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":350156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1801],"tags":[17937,18621,18620,17974,15686,17936],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350157,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350155\/revisions\/350157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/350156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}