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| Mufti accepts the reality, says ECI, people deserve kudos | | Assembly Elections | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 21: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed did well to end the controversy over the successful conduct of the 2014 Assembly elections, which threw up an hung Assembly and led to the formation of the PDP-BJP coalition government. Winding up the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the Governor's Address in the assembly, CM Mufti hailed the people of the state, Election Commission of India (ECI) and the state administration for the successful conduct of the Assembly election.
"People came out in large numbers to exercise their right to franchise in the just-concluded Assembly elections. The fairest possible elections held in J&K have strengthened people's faith in democratic institutions…The turnout in the Assembly elections has substantiated the argument that the present Assembly has a very good representative character," Mufti said. "For me, power is not priority. The Assembly elections had thrown out a fractured mandate in which people of the Jammu region had overwhelmingly voted for the BJP and in Kashmir people gave their mandate to the PDP. It is an opportunity to cement inter-regional relations," he also said, and complimented the administration and the election authorities for conducting the Assembly elections in a free and fair manner.
The most significant aspect of his whole speech was that the Mufti didn't even once talk about Pakistan and its "assets" in the Valley, including Hurriyat Conference and militants. The statement of the Mufti was highly significant because on March 1, soon after taking over as Chief Minister of J&K, he had given credit to Pakistan, Hurriyat Conference and militants as well as elements across the Line for the smooth conduct of elections in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and several political parties had taken exception to the Mufti's statement and said in one voice that it was the ECI, the people of the state and the armed forces and police who worked in tandem to make the electoral exercise a grand success. Both the embarrassed Prime Minister and the Home Minister had to assuage the hurt psyche of the opposition by negating the statement of the Mufti, as also by giving full credit to the people of the state, saying they voted in large numbers overlooking the threat to their life and limb. Both the Prime Minister and the Home Minister told the parliament that they didn't agree with the view of the J&K Chief Minister.
The Assembly statement of the Chief Minister should end the controversy, as finally appreciated the reality. |
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