Congress bats for early Assembly elections in J&K
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If District Development Council (DDC) polls might be held in instances of COVID-19, Assembly elections can too, Jammu and Kashmir Congress in-charge Rajni Patil mentioned on Thursday as she demanded for an elected authorities in the union territory.
She mentioned the BJP ferried dozens of Union ministers, nationwide leaders and movie personalities to marketing campaign in Jammu and Kashmir because it feared it could lose in these native elections.
Flanked by state unit president Gulam Ahmed Mir, Mr. Patil additionally hit out on the administration for withdrawal of safety and autos of Congress leaders, claiming the transfer was aimed toward stopping them from campaigning for the DDC polls.
“If they (government) can hold DDC elections during the Covid times, I appeal and demand holding of assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir soon, and put in place an elected government. They should do it. It is our demand,” Mr. Patil advised reporters right here.
Mr. Patil is the one nationwide chief of the Congress to have hit the marketing campaign path for the DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
She criticised the federal government for holding the polls at a time when the COVID-19 scenario continues to be not below management. “They took a wrong decision to hold these polls now. Our several top leaders were infected with COVID-19, including youth and women Congress unit heads and former ministers. It is difficult to campaign,” Mr. Patil mentioned.
On the withdrawal of safety and autos of a number of Congress leaders together with himself, Mir mentioned, “Life and death is in the hands of Almighty. They withdrew the security of our leaders, former ministers and former legislators during this period. It is clear that they want us restricted to our homes.”
Pleading for a uniform safety coverage, he mentioned that whereas former ministers, former legislators and leaders are housed in ministerial bungalows with Z or Z-plus safety, many opposition legislators in the UT have usually confronted full withdrawal of safety and authorities lodging. “This is sheer discrimination,” Mr. Mir added.
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