Elections should be followed by restoration of full Statehood to Jammu & Kashmir, demands National Democratic Party Indian (NDPI)head Jammu & Kashmir UT president Rajesh Gupta on Saturday said the BJP was aiming to rule the Union Territory directly from New Delhi and was shying away from early elections in J&K. “The BJP has adopted misleading and deceitful politics aiming to rule J&K directly from the Centre. It was shying away from the elections, which is bound to further expose its anti-people and wrong policies towards J&K,” Gupta, who addressed a workers meeting in Jammu, said.
The NDPI Chief said he never trust BJP’s recently stament that Assembly elections to be held in J&K in March April 2023 the Centre was adopting dilly-dallying tactics with regard to holding Assembly elections in J&K. “How
long will J&K be kept at the mercy of bureaucracy? How long will people be denied their democratic rights? Such measures are fraught with serious consequences,” Gupta said. The last Assembly elections were held in 2014 in J&K, which has remained under Central rule since the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-BJP ruling alliance fell apart in 2018. Demanding early Assembly elections in J&K, Gupta said, “The elections should be followed by restoration of full Statehood to J&K.” He said the NDPI will continue to fight for constitutional guarantees, protection of land, and jobs. “NDPI will not compromise on the rights of people rather fight vigorously to ensure justice to them [the people], besides exposing the political exploitation on the part of BJP,” he added.
“How long will J&K be kept at the mercy of bureaucracy? Rajesh Gupta
