Budgam: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah accused BJP of depriving the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir of the elected authorities for the final a number of years. A delegation of Opposition leaders from Jammu and Kashmir led by Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar right now and demanded holding early meeting polls within the Union Territory. A delegation of leaders from the National Conference (NC), Congress, CPI (M), Dogra Sabha, Panther’s Party, PDP and Awami National Conference met the CED in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum demanding early polls. In the memorandum, the leaders stated the EC is underneath the Constitutional obligation to carry meeting polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
On the opposite hand, Omar Abdullah spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a celebration conference on the Aarigam Khansahab space of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Omar additional stated that the final time elections had been carried out in J&Okay was within the yr 2014 and since then no meeting polls had been held right here.
When requested why they’re at all times assembly the opposition leaders and never the federal government, Omar Abdullah stated there isn’t any enjoyable in assembly the federal government because it doesn’t budge and doesn’t take heed to them. “We have stopped meeting the government as it is a futile exercise…There is nothing wrong in meeting the Election Commission which is responsible for holding elections across India. The delegation wants to know what wrong Jammu Kashmir that people did here are being deprived of having their own elected government,” he stated.
Omar Abdullah stated aside from the Opposition there may be no person in Jammu and Kashmir whereas the federal government dictates the phrases and doesn’t take individuals or political leaders on board. “Government only knows how to harass people. When we tried to meet the government, it didn’t oblige.”
Omer Abdullah additionally demanded the discharge of all political prisoners together with former legislature Engineer Rashid. In response to a query, Omar Abdullah stated that not solely Engineer Rashid, however all these Kashmiris incarcerated in numerous jails needs to be launched. He stated Public Safety Act ought to go as soon as and for all from the Jammu and Kashmir because the regulation is being misused to detain individuals illegally.
We usually are not betraying anybody; what we are saying we do. There are some individuals who assist BJP behind closed doorways, and we’re and at all times stated that we’re in opposition to BJP and need to preserve them away and we are going to at all times work for that.
Regarding the deferment of examinations by JKSSB after a row over the APTECH job recruiting company, Omar Abdullah stated it was higher late than by no means. However, he demanded an intensive probe and stated there’s something fishy and folks wished to know why a blacklisted company obtained the contract for holding examinations for Job recruitment in Jammu and Kashmir.
