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LIVE! J-K poll delay: Omar calls it abject surrender, Mehbooba says sinister design

07:56  J-K poll delay: Omar calls it abject surrender, Mehbooba says sinister design:  

The mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have questioned the Election Commissions decision to not hold simultaneous assembly elections in the state.

PM Modi has surrendered to Pakistan, to the militants & to the Hurriyat. Well done Modi Sahib. 56 inch chest failed, tweeted former Chief Minister and NC vice-president Omar Abdullah. First time since 1996, assembly elections in J&K are not being held on time. Remember this the next time you are praising PM Modi for his strong leadership, he tweeted.

In a series of tweets, he blamed the central government for mishandling the situation in the state. In 2014, we had Lok Sabha elections on time & assembly elections on schedule even after the most devastating floods. Shows how badly the BJP & earlier the BJP-PDP mishandled J&K, he said. Balakote & Uri are not symbols of PM Modis handling of national security; J&K is and look at the mess he has made there. The abject surrender to anti-India forces is a crying shame. With the amount of international attention elections in J&K attract, I never thought PM Modi would be willing to confess his failure on a global stage

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti tweeted: Decision to hold only parliamentary elections in J-K confirms sinister designs of GoI. Not letting people elect a government is antithetical to the very idea of democracy. Also a tactic of buying time to dis-empower people by pushing an agenda that suits their ulterior motives.


Source: Rediff