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Early Times Report
Jammu, July 28: Over two months after reposing faith in the democratic institutions of the country, the radical Jamaat-e-Islami is planning to join electoral politics in the coming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
It was only during the infamous 1987 Assembly elections, that the Jamaat-e-Islami had participated in the electoral battle in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir..
Reports said that Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir plans to re-enter electoral politics. Jamaat leaders are awaiting the lifting of the ban imposed under the UAPA since February 2019, with several rounds of talks reportedly held with the government.
If they contest the upcoming Assembly elections, expected by September's end, it would mark their first major policy shift since 1987, when the Jamaat denounced the democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sources said that a senior member of the Jamaat has started dialogue with the Union Government and there is the possibility that the radical group will participate in the coming Assembly elections.
Sources said that the government's primary condition was their participation in voting, which the Jamaat agreed to, having only boycotted elections previously due to external influences.
In the recent Lok Sabha elections, several top Jamaat leaders, including Ghulam Qadir Wani, voted for the first time since 1987, signal It was only during the infamous 1987 Assembly elections, that the Jamaat-e-Islami had participated in the electoral battle.
Jamaat leaders are awaiting the lifting of the ban imposed under the UAPA since February 2019, with several rounds of talks reportedly held with the government.
A senior member of the Jamaat has started dialogue with the Union Government and there is the possibility that the radical group will participate in the coming Assembly elections.
Govt’s primary condition was their participation in voting, which the Jamaat agreed to.
On May 13, the banned Jamaat-e-Islami of Jammu and Kashmir reposed faith in the democratic institutions of the country by expressing its desire to contest the coming assembly elections in the Union Territory.
After casting his vote in the Lok Sabha elections, the Panel Head of the Jamaat-e-Islami Ghulam Qadir Wani said that they were never against the democratic system and their organization has never given a call for a poll boycott. “Give us evidence when Jamaat-e-Islami has given a call for a poll boycott in Jammu and Kashmir. People on their own boycotted successive elections.
We firmly believe in the democracy and democratic system”, Wani, who has cast his vote in the Lok Sabha elections on the Srinagar Parliamentary seat on May 13, said.
“There has been no shift in the ideology of Jamat e Islami, We have consistently upheld the principles of democracy and have never advocated for a boycott of elections”, he said.
Wani was seen casting vote in the May 13 polls for Srinagar Lok Sabha polls.
“We will contest the coming assembly elections in J&K provided the Union Government would lift a ban on the organization”, he said.
“We will field our own candidates if the Centre revokes the ban on us. There are other issues but revocation of the ban is the first pre-condition to join the poll fray,” Wani said. |
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