JThe JKNPP Wednesday expressed displeasure over the delay in holding assembly elections in the state and accused the Centre and the state administration of making a mockery of democracy by denying the people their right to choose a government.
A meeting of the ElectionCommission to decide the possible dates to hold assembly polls in Jammu andKashmir remained inconclusive Tuesday even as the poll panel decided toapproach legal experts on the issue of President’s rule in the state. The ‘fullcommission’, comprising Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and fellowcommissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra, met in New Delhi to discuss thestand of Jammu and Kashmir administration which wants the election to be heldsometime in November.
The state administrationhad approached the EC last week, saying it is not in favour of holding assemblypolls in the near future in view of the ongoing tourist season and theforthcoming AmarnathYatra in the Valley, which will begin on July 1.
“With no decision taken with regard to holding ofassembly elections in the state even in fifth consecutive meeting of the EC,the Government of India and state administration had made the most contemptuousmockery of democracy in the state,” JKNPP chairman and former ministerHarsh Dev Singh told reporters here. PTI