On Srinagar streets, BJP and NC take on each other, Mehbooba calls it fixed match

On Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and National Conference workers held protests in Srinagar, leading to police cordons in the city. The BJP called for a Secretariat Gherao to protest against the National Conference government over recruitment and power tariffs. Meanwhile, the National Conference organized a counter-protest outside BJP offices in both Srinagar and Jammu.

Srinagar's BJP President Sat Sharma and Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma led hundreds of BJP supporters from Lal Chowk to the civil secretariat. Despite police intervention at Hari Singh High Street, a group of protesters did reach the secretariat. BJP President Sharma hailed it as a significant protest against the National Conference government's failings and praised the BJP participants.

The National Conference, led by former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, accused the police of facilitating both protests, contrasting the two demonstrations as one allowed freely and the other restricted under the same administration. The National Conference vowed not to be deterred from fighting for the people of J&K, dismissing the BJP's actions as a "fixed match."