“CEO didn't make any wrong statement”
Srinagar, Aug 22: J&K unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that no demographic change would be made by special summary revision of voters.
“Anyone living in Jammu and Kashmir from two, three or four years has the right to vote here. If leaders from Jammu and Kashmir can contest elections from outside J&K, why can't those living here vote here,” BJP General Secretary (Organization), Ashok Koul while talking to reporters.
He said that the Chief Election Officer has not made any wrong statement and what he said is the law. “Anyone who will be granted permission to vote here in J&K has to remove his name from the previous place,” he said.
He further said that there were no motives of demographic change behind the revision of the voter list.
Hours after Peoples Conference Chief Sajad Gani Lone announced that they will go on hunger strike if J&K's electoral demography is changed, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) said that leaders like him should understand that the Government is implementing the constitution in the Valley.
In a tweet, BJP's top leader and Seh Prabhari, Jammu & Kashmir, Ahsish Sood said the government is implementing the constitution in the valley.
“In J&K, there is no demographic intervention. The government is just trying to give people their right to vote. These people are living in the state and contributing to its development. The Government is implementing the constitution in the valley. People like @ sajadlone should understand this,” he tweeted.
In a press conference, Lone had announced that he will go on hunger strike in front of the parliament if the electoral demography of J&K is changed.
