Assembly elections must take place in Jammu and Kashmir as lieutenant governor’s administration cannot resolve the issues of the people, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters in Baramulla district in north Kashmir, Abdullah also said the elections lead to the formation of peoples’ government.
“Elections must take place. Elections lead to the formation of peoples’ government and resolve their issues. A lieutenant governor cannot do that,” he said.
On Monday’s meeting called by the Election Commission of India to demonstrate a prototype to enable remote voting for migrant workers and students, the former Union minister said that NC will also attend it. “Let them invite.
Our party will also go. We will listen to what they have to say, we will also say what we have to,” he said.
Asked about VDC members in Rajouri being provided weapons to fight militants, the former J-K chief minister defended the move, saying the militancy has to be fought.
