Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Vice-President of National Conference events on Saturday stated that mainstream politicians of the area reject the “delimitation, election and then statehood” sequence of occasions as proposed by the Commission.
“We want delimitation, statehood and then the election. If you want to hold polls, you’ll have to restore the statehood first,” stated Omar Adbullah.
The NC chief, additional, stated that the leaders of the political events “did not discuss anything outside the agenda of the Gupkar Alliance” through the three-hour-long assembly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
“We were not called there (at PM’s all-party meet) as an alliance. Had that been the case, only one person from the alliance would have been invited. We did not say anything at the meet that is outside agenda of Gupkar Alliance, he said.
“As far as Delimitation Commission is concerned, the party has made it very clear – they have authorised Farooq Abdullah to take a view as and when necessary. There has been no fresh approach to the National Conference from the Delimitation Commission. Ghulam Nabi Azad had spoken on behalf of all of us that we don’t accept this timeline,” he added.
Delimitation is the method of “fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a legislative body”, based on election officers.
During the assembly, the Union residence minister reiterated the dedication of the central authorities to revive statehood to J-Okay.
According to the J-Okay leaders, PM Modi stated that his authorities wished statehood to be again in Jammu and Kashmir and elections to be held on the earliest. He additionally sought to deal with the considerations of the leaders relating to distrust of the folks within the Valley.
National Conference chief and former CM of the erstwhile state Omar Abdullah stated that he instructed the PM that there’s an environment of distrust between the Centre and the Valley. “The trust has been shattered,” Omar stated.
Echoing related sentiments, Mehbooba Mufti stated, “Muskurake PM se kaha Kasmhir ke log bahut pareshan hai…Saans le to andar kar dete hai (I told the PM with a smile that people in Kashmir are worried. They are jailed at the drop of a hat).”
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