00:00The winds of change have finally started blowing in J&K.
00:25The elections, held after a 10-year gap, have thrown up interesting surprises, giving an
00:31edge to National Conference Congress alliance to form the next government in the Union Territory.
00:38Many big parties, including Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party, Saeed Mohammed
00:44Altaf Bukhari's Apni Party, Sajjad Lone's People's Conference and Awami Etihad Party
00:51of Engineer Rashid, have suffered a humiliating defeat.
01:10Former Chief Minister Umar Abdullah has won both Badgam and Gahandarpal Consciencies.
01:17Congress candidates Tariq Hameed Karra and Ghulam Ahmed Mir have also secured their win
01:23in these high-stake polls.
01:25Mohammad Yusuf Tariq Ami has also won from the Kalgam Assembly segment.
01:31Shagun Parihar, whose uncle and father were killed by militants, has also won elections
01:38in her debut.
01:47However, BJP JNK unit head Ravindra Raina has lost from Navshera Consciency and so have
01:58all the 19 candidates of the Saffron Party who were contesting polls from Kashmir.
02:05In Valley, the bigwigs who tasted defeat include Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, Muzaffar Hussain Baig,
02:11Umar Abdullah's close friend and colleague Nasir Aslam Wani, Imran Raza Ansari, Taj Mahideen
02:18and Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP President Mehbooba Mufti.
02:23This was Iltija's maiden electoral debut.
02:42In Kashmir, the fireworks have already started.
02:46The mood has turned festive.
02:48There's a jubilation within the NC camp.
02:52Hundreds of NC workers sang and danced outside the counting centres.
02:58But behind these fireworks and jubilation lies an unprecedented challenge for Umar Abdullah
03:04to lead a fragile place like Jammu and Kashmir.
03:08In Srinagar, for One India, Izhar Ali.
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