BJP won’t dare to ‘allow’ assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir now: Omar after Karnataka poll results

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Last Update: May 13, 2023, 6:21 pm IST

Omar Abdullah's reaction to the dismissal of government servants found to be involved in anti-national activities is not surprising.  (PTI/FILE)

Omar Abdullah’s reaction to the dismissal of government servants found to be involved in anti-national activities is not surprising. (PTI/FILE)

In Jammu and Kashmir, non-BJP parties including NC, PDP and Congress are demanding assembly elections in the union territory. The last assembly election in the erstwhile state was held in 2014.

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday said there is no way for the BJP to “allow” the holding of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after its performance in Jammu and Kashmir. Karnataka olls.

According to the latest trends on the Election Commission’s website, the Congress has won 74 of the 224 assembly seats in Karnataka so far and is leading in 62, while the BJP has won 34 and is leading in 30. Is. In a tweet, Abdullah, vice-president of the National Conference, said, “There is no way now that the BJP can allow early assembly elections in J&K.”

In Jammu and Kashmir, non-BJP parties including NC, PDP and Congress are demanding assembly elections in the union territory. The last assembly election in the erstwhile state was held in 2014.

In 2018, the then governor Satyapal Malik dissolved the assembly after the BJP withdrew support to the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP alliance. Jammu and Kashmir was placed under central rule and in 2019 it was bifurcated into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

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