Jammu Kashmir PDP in addition to the previous Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti have slammed the BJP authorities and the Election Commission for deferring the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha election. PDP spokesperson Mohit Bhan, reacting to the Election Commission’s determination to postpone the election within the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, said, “The sheer nervousness of Delhi, after witnessing overwhelming support for Mehbooba Mufti, has forced them to change the election date and facilitate the proxy parties of BJP to engage in murky business within the electoral process.”
He claimed to have seen a video by which Pahari neighborhood voters had been threatened to not vote for Mufti, and in the event that they did, they might face motion akin to that in 1947. Political leaders mentioned that the recollections of 1987 are contemporary when the favored mandate was silenced, and Jammu and Kashmir, together with the nation, was plunged right into a darkish period of demise and destruction, weakening the democratic construction and paving the way in which for a chronic insecure border, leading to a risky environment.
“Denying procedural space for people to exercise their franchise after gerrymandering the entire constituency shows how Delhi is aware of people’s mood and their failed narrative of Naya Kashmir,” mentioned Bhan.
It is value mentioning right here that the Election Commission of India, on Tuesday, revised the polling date for the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary constituency from May 7 to May 25. An Election Commission official mentioned that after contemplating the report of the Union Territory Administration in addition to analyzing the prevailing floor state of affairs within the mentioned constituency, it has determined to revise the date of polling within the Anantnag-Rajouri seat to May 25.
Several political events of Jammu and Kashmir, together with BJP, PDP, Apni Party, and Ghulam Nabi Azad’s DPAP social gathering, had cited the climate and requested the Election Commission to postpone voting within the space till the climate improves and Mughal Road opens.
Before the change of the election date, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, who can also be a candidate from the realm, had alleged that every one this was being carried out to purchase and threaten voters.
Along with Mufti, National Conference has additionally opposed the change within the date of elections. NC Vice President Omar Abdullah additionally mentioned that this has been carried out to assist some proxy events of BJP and we’re opposing this. Omar had mentioned that we now have all of the choices open, we are going to knock the doorways of the court docket.
Meanwhile, PDP has additionally demanded motion towards the discharge of the video containing hate speech and motion towards the individuals making statements within the video. This grievance was despatched to Returning Officer 3-Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency (Deputy Commissioner Anantnag).
“After the hate video went viral and the PDP’s letter together with the assertion and video turned public, the BJP took quick motion and expelled the person seen within the video from the social gathering for six years and initiated an inquiry towards him,” the letter issued by BJP President Ravinder Raina reads.
