National Conference vice chairman Omar Abdullah on Wednesday stated the Election Commission (EC) appears to be in no hurry to conduct the meeting polls in Jammu and Kashmir and manages to find “new excuses to delay” the elections.
He was referring to the feedback made by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar at a presser in New Delhi referred to as to announce the Karnataka ballot dates.
“When asked about assembly elections in J&K, the chief election commissioner acknowledged a ‘vacuum that needs to be filled’. Yet surprisingly the @ECISVEEP seems to be in no hurry to conduct elections, on the contrary they manage to find new excuses to delay polls,” Abdullah wrote on Twitter.
Responding to a query on the contemporary particular abstract revision of electoral rolls within the Union territory, the CEC stated, “But nonetheless, it does not disturb the scheduled part, the conduct part that depends on various other factors which we will come back to you. We are aware that there is a vacuum that needs to be filled.”
Abdullah stated it has been eight years because the final meeting elections have been performed in J-Okay, and 5 years because it had an elected authorities.
“It’s plainly obvious the BJP in J&K is terrified of facing the people but it isn’t the job of the Election Commission to give the BJP a shield to cower behind,” the previous chief minister stated.
NC questions EC’s function
Meanwhile, in an announcement right here, the National Conference (NC) stated the additional delay in holding meeting elections in J-Okay is “unfortunate” and places a query mark on the function of the Election Commission of India.
NC’s state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar stated it was anticipated of the EC to announce meeting elections in J-Okay with the Karnataka polls.
“To our surprise and dismay, ECI once again skipped J-K from its scheme of things. It seems as if people of J-K have been relegated to deep abyss and forgotten,” Dar stated.
There appears to be no purpose in additional delaying the meeting elections because the climate can also be getting nice and appropriate for conducting any electoral train, he stated.
“They have only two reasons for delaying the polls further. One could be the worsening security situation which they claim has improved, and the second ECI giving a cover to BJP who are afraid to face the voters,” the spokesperson stated.
“If the elections can be held in Karnataka, why can’t they happen in J-K? BJP doesn’t give a toss to people’s mounting woes. All it is concerned about is its electoral prospects. They know they will lose badly here because of their dealings,” he added.
(With PTI enter)
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