Ex-militants campaign for NC, PDP in J-K assembly polls: Ram Madhav

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Ram Madhav has accused the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of taking support from former militants for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Madhav said the two parties want to take the Union Territory back to its “trouble-ridden” days.

“I have information that former militants are openly campaigning for NC and PDP candidates. The people will have to defeat the parties that want to take power.” Jammu and Kashmir “We must go back to our bad days and support a new leadership that wants peace and progress,” Madhav told reporters on September 4, referring to the Abdullah and muftis.

Madhav, who is the party’s in-charge in Jammu and Kashmir, said the two families must leave. Madhav was accompanying the party’s candidate from the Lal Chowk constituency, Aijaz Hussain, as he filed the nominations.

Jammu and Kashmir is voting to elect its 90-member assembly in three phases. While the first phase of voting inJammu and Kashmir The first round is scheduled for September 18, the other two will be held on September 25 and October 1. The vote count will take place on October 8.

So far, the BJP has released the names of 51 candidates in its four lists for the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly.

Referring to the election manifestos released by the NC and the PDP promising the restoration of Article 370 and statehood, resolution of the Kashmir issue and talks with Pakistan, Madhav said the two regional parties want to take Jammu and Kashmir back to its troubled old days.

“I want to remind the people of JK that the NC, PDP and others have come up with manifestos which will take JK back to old troubled days,” he said, adding that new parties, new leaders will emerge in the Kashmir valley while in Jammu RegionThe BJP will emerge as a representative of peace and development. He said that a new government, led by the BJP, will be formed in the UT.

In the last Assembly elections held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014, the BJP was able to win 25 seats, all in Jammu. The saffron party failed to open accounts in Kashmir. After delimitation, the Kashmir region of the UT has 47 seats, while Jammu has 43.

Both the NC and the PDP responded to Madhav’s allegations. Mehbooba MuftiThe ruling PDP-led party said the BJP has no right to preach as most of its so-called cadres in Kashmir are surrendered militants. The NC said Madhav’s remarks indicated that the BJP was scared of facing elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

NC and PDP are allies in the opposition INDIA block nationally, but rivals in Jammu and Kashmir.

Asked about the many young faces contesting the elections, the BJP leader said that this is the strategy of the people of Jammu and Kashmir as they want a new leadership.

“A good number of young people are coming forward and they should be supported. This state was controlled by two families, those two families need to be shown the door. This state needs to get rid of those families,” he said, referring to the families of the North Carolina president. Farooq Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti.

Madhav said the BJP will emerge as the single largest party, but “if such a situation arises, we will discuss it later.”

He also welcomed the entry of former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) into the electoral fray. “In a democracy, there is space for everyone. We welcome everyone who wants to contest elections through democracy. But no one should contest elections with the support of terrorists and ex-militants. The elections will be held peacefully and transparently. That is the assurance of the prime minister.” Narendra Modi“As the parliamentary elections were conducted in a transparent manner,” he said.

Madhav said that the Union Home Minister will address an election rally in the Jammu region on September 6. “After that, the Prime minister “And other leaders will also visit the country,” he said.