ANANTNAG: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today claimed Governor Satyapal Malik has told government officials that assembly elections in the state will not be held soon. The Governor, he said, was either incompetent or carrying out the BJP agenda.
Assembly elections are due in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been under the Governor’s Rule since July last year. There were expectations that it would be held along with the Lok Sabha elections, but the Election Commission thumbs downed on it, citing the security concerns of the state government.
Recently there was a buzz that the elections could be held in June. Sources said the administration has given a proposal about possibility of holding assembly elections in June.
But today, Mr Abdullah said, “I believe that yesterday, no one less than the Governor of the state had a meeting in Jammu, in which he told officers not to be in the mistaken impression that an elected government will be formed soon”.
Either the Governor’s intentions are not good and he “plans to use the Raj Bhavan to fulfil the agenda of BJP who don’t want an elected government,” Mr Abdullah told NDTV in an interview today.
