Jammu, Oct. 12 -- The streets of Srinagar witnessed a noisy political spectacle on Monday as workers of two national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress, traded slogans and counter-slogans in a face-off that drew the attention of passersby and political observers alike.
The two main regional parties of the Kashmir Valley, the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), watched from the sidelines.
The confrontation began when activists of the BJP Mahila Morcha staged a protest against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Around noon, the protesters gathered outside the Congress office in Srinagar and raised slogans against Gandhi and the party leadership. They also burnt an effigy of the...