Let people of J&K democratically choose their own government : Omar tells PM Modi

Srinagar: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday morning appealed all people from different walks of life to ensure that people in large numbers come out to vote in general elections 2019, the National Conference Vice President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked Prime Minister Modi to let the people to choose their government in a democratic way by paving way for holding assembly election in the state.
Taking to micro blogging social networking site twitter Mirwaiz wrote to respond to Prime Minister Modi’s appeal for larger participation in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections Omar Abdullah wrote “The right to choose an elected government, as opposed to being governed by a hand picked nominee of the central government, is the hallmark of the sort of democracy you are tweeting about. Please give us our democratic right to choose our own government..”
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday morning appealed all people from different walks of life to ensure that people in large numbers come out to vote in general elections 2019. However, Omar was quick to criticize the Prime Minister by alleging that the BJP government had “consciously” disenfranchised the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
In his another tweet Omar wrote “Dear @narendramodi Sahib, it is good to see you appealing to famous people to increase voter turnout however at the same time your government has consciously disenfranchised people in J&K by not holding Assembly elections on time. “.
While the regional parties have appealed the central government to hold the assembly elections in the state, the Election Commission of India has not announced the dates as of yet. The delay in announcement of assembly elections has drawn severe criticism from all the mainstream parties in the state.