People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti has appealed to the Union Government and the Home Minister Amit Shahto chorus from interfering in the continued electoral course of in Jammu and Kashmir, emphasizing the significance of permitting the elections to proceed freely and pretty, as they do in different components of the nation.
She known as on the Union Government and the Home Minister to make sure that the elections in Jammu and Kashmir are carried out with the identical equity and integrity as in different areas of India. She careworn the necessity to keep away from pre-poll rigging and to stop intimidating the citizens and officers concerned in the election course of. “Today, the situation is that the proxy parties of the BJP are coercing and threatening people, spending huge sums of money, and misinforming the Union Home Minister,” Mehbooba stated. “According to reports, during his J&K visit, the Home Minister called a meeting of Pahari officers, directing them that if they do not support the Peoples Conference in Baramulla and the Apni Party in the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, the outcome will be troublesome.”
“I want to request those officers who come from the Pahari belt that you are courageous people. Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing trying circumstances. For God’s sake, do not add to the torments of the already troubled people of Jammu and Kashmir. Please remain steadfast and neutral; we are here for you and will not allow anyone to hound or intimidate you,” Mehbooba stated.
“I also appeal to the Union Government, including the Home Minister, to please not meddle in the elections of Jammu and Kashmir. The way elections are held in the rest of the country, please allow them to happen that way here as well. Do not engage in pre-poll rigging; stop frightening the officers,” Mehbooba urged.
Reflecting on previous electoral points, Mehbooba recalled the 1987 elections, the place rigging undermined public belief in the democratic course of. She warned that any repeat of such manipulation may have disastrous penalties, just like the violence and turmoil that adopted the 1987 elections. She criticized the BJP’s proxy events for utilizing coercion, threats, and monetary incentives to affect the election outcomes, significantly highlighting reviews of the Union Home Minister’s conferences with Pahari officers to sway help in favor of sure events.
Mehbooba said that the lively participation of individuals in the elections is a robust message to New Delhi, opposing the August 2019 choice that revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s particular standing.
On Jamaat-e-Islami collaborating in the elections, Mehbooba stated, “In 1987, rigging modified the equations, and folks’s belief in the electoral course of was shaken. But immediately, the persons are popping out in droves as they know that in a democratic course of, the best platform to precise dissent is the poll, not the bullet.Â
However, if the federal government repeats 1987 right here once more, when a political group misguided the Union Government and polls have been rigged, the scenario goes to show calamitous,” Mehbooba warned.
Mehbooba Mufti was in Kupwara immediately, the place she addressed a number of roadshows and public gatherings. She stated that the BJP-led administration is terrified of this help, and that the PDP continues to carry a major place in the hearts of the folks.
