J&K polls being politicised, people being disenfranchised: NC

The National Conference (NC) Monday alleged that the process of conducting assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is being unduly politicised and people in the state are being denied the right to choose their government.

Jammu and Kashmir does not have an elected dispensation since the PDP-BJP coalition government fell apart in June 2018.

Early this month, the Election Commission said it will announce the schedule of assembly polls in the state after the Amarnath Yatra concludes. The pilgrimage, which will begin on July 1, will conclude on August 15.

"The whole process of conducting assembly elections is being subjected to undue politicking which unfortunately is taking its toll on the development of the state. Having an elected government is the unassailable right of the people in a thriving democracy, but here the right to make a choice is being denied to the people," NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said.

Addressing party workers in Pulwama, he claimed the growing public ...