Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in Srinagar, has expressed regret for not contesting Parliamentary polls for three Kashmir seats and directed the BJP unit of J&K to gear up for Assembly elections slated for September this year.
According to sources, he was interacting with the BJP delegation at The Lalit Palace in Srinagar and said: We regret not contesting the elections on three crucial Lok Sabha seats but some battles are not fought to defeat the enemy but to check, strengthen and to reinforce the own cadre.
Shah, according to the source, directed the party men to ensure that the vote of every single BJP worker, leader and activist goes against NC, PDP and Congress.
Ensure the National Conference, PDP and Congress is wiped out and for that “you all must vote against these parties in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls for Baramulla constituency and Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary seat on May 13 and May 25, he said.
The BJP delegation that include BJP’s General Secretary and J&K affairs incharge Sunil Sharma and other leaders—Darakshan Andrabi, Hina Bhat, Sofi Yousuf, Altaf Thakur, GM Mir, Ali Muhammad and Bilal Parray. BJP’s national General Secretary Tarun Chug.
Earlier, Shah stated that BJP was not in a hurry to see Lotus bloom in J&K in Parliamentary polls. The party contested on two seats of Jammu and Udhampur LS by fielding incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs)—Jugal Kishore Sharma and Dr Jitendera Singh.
Shah's Kashmir visit came just a day after Jamaat-e-Islami’s member expressed its willingness to join the electoral politics if the government of India revokes ban imposed on it
(KNO)