BJP hiding behind ECI, scared to face voters in J&K: Omar Abdullah
Omar Abdullah on Monday said that the landslide victory of National Conference and Congress in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council elections in Kargil has scared BJP pushing the assembly elections in J&K further away.
The NC leader claimed that the BJP is hiding behind the Election Commission of India and the independent body unfortunately is also dancing to the tunes of the ruling party.
He alleged that the people of J&K don’t have the democratic right to elect their own representatives, like the people of of Telangana, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where elections were announced today. “Neither the central government nor the BJP is ready for elections, because they are scared and don't want to face people and election results in Kargil are proof of that,” said Abdullah.
The NC and Congress have won 22 seats out of 26 seats in LAHDC elections in Kargil. The two parties had entered into pre-poll and post-poll alliance thus keeping the BJP away who could manage a win on just two seats.
“After the Kargil verdict it seems that assembly elections in J&K went further away from us,” said Abdullah.
The NC leader stated that until now the central government in the Supreme Court had stated that preparations for panchayat and ULB elections were going on. “However, after a recent meeting with the Home Minister, they don't have the courage even to conduct those elections.
If it was possible they would not even conduct parliament elections but that is a necessity for them.” The last assembly elections in J&K were held in 2014, when the PDP-BJP formed a coalition government here. In June 2018, the BJP withdrew support from the government headed by Mehbooba Mufti.
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