Election Delay | Institutions working on directions of particular party: Ruhullah

Tral (Pulwama), May 2:  National Conference (NC) candidate for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat Aga Syed Ruhullah on Thursday alleged that the institutions in the country were working on the directions of a political party.

Talking to reporters in south Kashmir’s Tral area, Ruhullah said that it was very unfortunate that the institutions here were working on the directions of a particular political party.

He was referring to the recent rescheduling of polls in the Anantnag - Rajouri seat.

“In 2014, we requested the Election Commission to defer the elections for a few months to allow people to recover from the effects of devastating floods, but the Commission did not accede to our justified request and held the polls on its times,” he said.

Ruhullah said that the elections this time were deferred on the directives of a particular party. “Even the poll date was announced and campaigning had begun. It raises questions about the Election Commission it self,” he said.

Ruhullah said that he did not know what plans the BJP have up it’s sleeve. “The party is devising some plans for their proxies that is why they need some more time,”he said. He said that he was sure that the people would give them a befitting reply.

Ruhullah said that it was imperative to encourage people to speak up for themselves and their rights. “ During these events, we are talking about those decisions about whom the people wanted to speak over the last four years, but they were not allowed to do that”, he said.

“Through these road shows we are trying to give people the courage to speak for their rights”, he added.

NC candidate said that the issue that they would raise in parliament needed to be first discussed among the people.