Dr Farooq calls All Party Meeting on Monday; calls key leaders by phone

Srinagar, Aug 18: National Conference (NC) president, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday called an All Party Meeting on Monday over this recent decision of Election Commission of India (ECI) to allow non locals to vote in Jammu and Kashmir.

Dr Farooq has personally spoken to  PDP President Mehbooba Mufti, JKPCC President Waqar Rasool, JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla, CPI(M) Muhammad Yousaf Tarigami, Apni Party President Syed Altaf Bukhari, Peoples Conference Chief Sajjad Ghani Lone, Aam Admi Party leaders and requested them to attend this meeting to formulate a common position on this issue of non-local voters, a statement received by Ziraat Times said.

Talking to the news agency —Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Abdullah said that the All Party Meeting will be held at his Gupkar residence on Monday (11:00 AM) to discuss the latest ECI decision.

He said that all the parties except Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been invited to discuss future course of action.

Pertinently, PDP president earlier in a day had said that she contacted Dr Farooq and asked him to call an All Party Meeting to discuss future course of action.

Notably, the Election Commission has allowed non locals, living ordinarily in J&K to cast votes in the Union Territory. —(KNO)

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