Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement will not contest the upcoming parliamentary elections, its leader and former IAS officer Shah Faisal announced on Saturday.However, he made it clear that the party will contest the legislative elections whenever they are conducted."We are a newly formed party. Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement is no longer just about Shah Faisal. After having discussions in the core committee, we have decided not to contest the upcoming parliamentary polls," Shah said addressing a Press Conference here.Stating the reasons behind this decision, he said," First, that we are a newly formed party. Our focus is on people to people contact. Second, through this step, we want to reply to those people who were saying that this party has been brought by the Centre to increase electoral participation and manipulate the votes."Faisal claimed that his party is not eyeing elections or power. "Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement is here to fight for a long time. We are here to .
