Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday said they have asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest.
Ram Madhav, who is also the party’s point-man for Jammu andKashmir affairs, lashed out the two main regional parties of the state –National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)- saying that boththe parties are happy contesting the Lok Sabha elections while BJP wants tohave the assembly election in the state.
“Both NC and PDP are happy in contesting the generalelections while we have asked Election Commission to hold assembly elections inthe state as early as possible,” Madhav said while addressing a pressconference at a hotel in Srinagar.
He said that after the BJP pulled out of the coalition withPDP, the situation in Kashmir has improved.
Ram Madhav said that his party’s stand on Article 370 and35(A) continues to remain the same.
He also hit out at the National Conference-Congress allianceand referred it (seat-sharing) as a “drama”.
“This drama that is going on that they are in alliance inJammu, but fighting in Kashmir. They are trying various types of exercisesagainst Modi and the BJP, let them do it. We will win two seats in Jammu andone in Ladakh and will try our best in Kashmir so that our candidates goforward,” Ram Madhav said, according to India Today.