Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti stated Saturday that any attempt to postpone the Lok Sabha election in the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary seat is aimed at rigging the polls.
Mehbooba, the former chief minister of J&K, addressed a roadshow in J&K’s Poonch. She expressed, “I am very pleased to meet the people here who welcomed me warmly. I am hopeful that I will return here to extend my gratitude to the people after winning the Lok Sabha election.”
Regarding possible plans to postpone elections in the south Kashmir Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary seat, the PDP President remarked, “Any attempt to defer elections would be wrong. I believe this is being done to make the election one-sided. It may be an attempt to rig the election, as there is no concrete reason for postponing the polls,” Mehbooba Mufti stated.
When asked whether the PDP is receiving support from the BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the Kashmir Valley, the PDP President laughed and said, “I have the blessings of the NC, Congress, Kashmiris, Paharis, Hindus, Sikhs, and everyone.”
Mehbooba added that the people of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh are unhappy with the decisions made on August 5, 2019.
Earlier, JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani stated on Anantnag-Rajouri deferring of elections, “Yesterday, the proxies of BJP and BJP party have asked to defer Anantnag election and I want to ask them why they want to delay the elections there. They forgot that they held elections during Ramzan and we faced alot of predicaments during campaigns. The people of Kashmir will express anger in such a way that they will not be able to contest elections again”.
“The BJP and its teams are sensing their conquest from a distance, they are forming a new policy and strategy. BJP has cut a Muslim majority area and included it with Kashmir and made Jammu constituency- a Hindu dominated area. They made it 85-90% Hindu population area but they still saw defeated as when people oppose no can save anyone. Their defeat is due in all six constituencies and I will say it with full confidence”, he said further in a press conference in Srinagar.
Notably, the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary seat is scheduled for polls on May 7.
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