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PDP: elections will prove counter-productive

Shujaat Bukhari

SRINAGAR: A day before an all-party meeting called by the Election Commission of India to discuss the possibility of elections in the State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said that pushing Jammu & Kashmir into elections could prove counter-productive in a situation, where the people are “forced into a deep feeling of alienation, disillusionment, hopelessness and aloofness.”

In a resolution adopted at a specially convened meeting of the party leaders here on Sunday, the PDP made it clear that before initiating an electoral process, the government must address the just concerns and aspirations of the people in a responsive and responsible manner.

It must also put in place concrete confidence-building measures aimed at repairing their damaged psyche, salvaging their bruised dignity, rekindling hope in their hearts and motivating them to mould their as well as the State’s destiny through a consequential democratic process.

The meeting was presided over by party president Mehbooba Mufti.

The resolution said “the government shall essentially have to revert back to the ‘healing touch’ policy pioneered by the PDP that had brought about changes of great significance and substance to the State and the region.

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