Matter of shame if Assembly elections in IIOJK postponed: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has said that it would be a matter of shame if the assembly elections in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) were postponed on the pretext of attacks in the Jammu region over the past few days.
According to Kashmir Media Service, while reacting to former Indian Army Chief V P Malik’s suggestion to postpone assembly elections in IIOJK by a year, Abdullah said it would be akin to giving in to the extremist forces. “Yes, please feel free to give in to these extremist forces so that they have a sense of achievement. You have no gains in Kashmir if militant outfits are able to derail the elections that the PM, HM & Election Commission have committed to holding before the SC deadline of 30th Sept,” the former chief minister posted on X.
He expressed surprise that Gen Malik was making a case for postponing elections as he had witnessed Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir soon after Kargil war in 1999.
“What’s more surprising is that this has come from an army officer who saw Lok Sabha polls happening in J&K soon after the Kargil War & during height of militancy in 1999. What a shame!” Abdullah said.
