SRINAGAR: National Conference on Wednesday said that the further delay in holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is unfortunate.
“Delay in holding elections in Jammu and Kashmir puts a big question mark on the role of Election Commission of India”, NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said in a statement here today.
Reacting to the Chief Election Commissioner's acknowledgement of a vacuum in J&K that needs to be filled, Dar said, “We have a person no less than Chief Election Commissioner himself acknowledging the “current vacuum” in J&K. Still the concerned agency seems to be in no hurry to conduct elections, on the contrary they manage to find new excuses to delay polls”.
He said it's obvious that BJP's J&K unit is drawing back in fear of facing the people as they are not brave enough to face voters as they have failed to mitigate peoples’ sufferings.”
He said that it was expected that the election commission would announce assembly elections in J&K with the Karnataka elections.
“But to our surprise and dismay ECI once again skipped J&K”, he said and added “It seems as if people of J&K have been relegated to deep abyss and forgotten,”.
He said there seems to be no reason in further delaying the Assembly elections as the weather is also getting pleasant and suitable for conducting any electoral exercise.
“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 being ECI giving a cover to BJP who are afraid to face the voters”, Dar claimed.
It’s been almost four and a half years since J&K had an elected government, Imran said adding, “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. (UNI)
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