Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir should be held within the next six months as people cannot wait till 2024.
He said holding of the elections was important to take J-K out of economic and political crisis.
바카라We do not want to wait for 2024. We have been waiting for change for the last so many years,바카라 Azad told reporters in Kupwara district in north Kashmir.
The former Congress leader said there was no need to dissolve the J-K assembly in 2018. But after it was done, the elections should have followed in six months, he added.
바카라When it was done, there was no terrorism in the state, there was no tension, and the elections should have taken place within six months. However, almost five years have gone by since then, many things, which were unthinkable, happened,바카라 Azad said.
Things like abrogation of Article 370, downgrading of such an old state and its division, which were unthinkable, took place, he added.
Azad said 바카라untoward things바카라 happened in these five years 바카라because of which, the situation in every respect in our state became worse바카라.
바카라Then, there is no representative, no MLA, no minister, no chief minister, where will people go? There are no doctors, no teachers, no roads, no employment, whom will the people approach. So, every person here is frustrated, be it labourers, youth - who are into drugs after securing high education,바카라 he said.
The former Union minister said 바카라to take this state out of an economic and political crisis, the elections should be held in the next six months whenever the weather gets better. 2024 is very far바카라.
Azad said if his party is elected to power after the elections take place, 바카라we will ensure that jobs and land rights are secured for local people바카라.
바카라Our fight for the rights of local people will continue. But if you are in power you negotiate from the position of strength, so winning elections will help us to strengthen our resolve to bargain for our people,바카라 he added.
Azad said development projects approved and executed in Kupwara district during his short tenure as chief minister have changed the infrastructural landscape of the border region.
Since then, no government in power ever could match the development pace and all the benefits people take out of facilities were sanctioned or executed during my tenure only, he added.
