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| Farooq, Mehbooba stay away from all-party protest | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 10: Many eyebrows are raised as two prominent political personalities namely Dr. Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were conspicuously absent from Tuesday’s much-publicized protest of opposition parties in Jammu.
Today’s protest was organized to mount pressure on the government to hold maiden assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Important to mention here that the decision to hold the all-party protest was jointly announced by two former chief ministers namely Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting at Jammu on October 4.
The protest was supposed to be led by National Conference president Dr. Farooq Abdullah.
It was announced that Dr. Farooq Abdullah could not make it to the venue due to “ill health”.
“We have unanimously decided that all of us would stage a peaceful protest and in this context would send a letter to the government’s divisional commissioner for a peaceful protest,” Farooq told reporters after chairing a meeting of opposition parties on October 4.
He also slammed the BJP for its “double standards” vis-à-vis denying elections in the Union Territory.
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Vikar Rasool Wani along with local leaders of the National Conference, Congress, and PDP staged a dharna for the restoration of democratic and constitutional rights in the Union Territory.
Leaders and workers of various parties including CPI(M), National Panthers Party (NPP), Awami National Conference, Shiv Sena (UBT), Awami National Conference, and social organizations turned up for the protest.
Notably Election Commission of Monday said that polls in the polls in UT will be held at the “appropriate time”.
Replying to a question regarding polls in J&K, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said that the polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held when the commission deems it the “right time” keeping in mind the security situation and other polls being held in the Union Territory. |
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