Jammu, Oct 21: Ghulam Nabi Azad said that while the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is “normal”, the continuing delay in holding assembly elections is a matter of “grave concern”.
Addressing a public meeting in Batamaloo , Azad said the situation has “not been more normal in the last 30-35 years” than it is now, but it was perhaps the first time in J&K’s history that assembly polls have not been conducted for such a long time.
He added that when the situation was bad in J&K, and there was bloodshed and leaders left the Valley, Kashmiri Pandits left the Valley, that time also elections took place after five to six years, but, today when the situation is normal, and it has not been more normal than this in the last 30-35 years, still elections have not taken place in the last nine years".
This is a matter of grave concern,” Azad said.
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