SRINAGAR – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “surrendered” before Pakistan,militants and separatists, National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullahsaid on Sunday, soon after the Election Commission’s no to simultaneousassembly and Lok Sabhalinkin Jammu and Kashmir.
The EC announced the schedule for Lok Sabha polls to be held in sevenphases across the country, including in J-K (five phases), but citedsecurity grounds for not holding the assembly polls simultaneously.
In Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, polling will be held in three phases due tosecurity reasons.
“In light of the failure to conduct assembly elections on time in J&K I’mretweeting my tweets from a few days ago. PM Modi has surrendered toPakistan, linkthe militants & to the hurriyat. Well done Modi Sahib. 56 inch chestfailed. #slowclap, Omar, the NC vice-president, wrote on Twitter.
The first phase will be held on April 11, second on April 18, third onApril 23 and fourth on April 29, fifth on May 6, sixth on May 12 andseventh phase on May 19. Counting of votes for all seven phases would bedone on May 23.
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Mr. Omar said Mr. Modi’s “abject surrender” to anti-India forces is “acrying shame”.
“Balakote & Uri are not symbols of PM Modi’s handling of national security,J&K is and look at the mess he has made there. The abject surrender toanti-India forces is a crying shame, he said.